Fan qie, Fǎn qiè, Fàn qiè: 7 definitions
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In Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism
反切 [fan qie]—The system of indicating the initial and final sounds of a character by two others, ascribed to Sun Yen 孫炎 [sun yan] in the third century A D., arising out of the translit. of Sanskrit terms in Buddhist translation.
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
梵篋 [fan qie]—Fàn qiè - [Miscellaneous Term] A sutra scroll made of palm leaves (多羅葉 [duo luo ye]), with multiple layers of palm leaves (貝葉 [bei ye]) clamped at both ends with wooden boards (板木 [ban mu]) and tied with ropes. Its shape is exactly like something placed in a box (箱 [xiang]), hence it is called 'Fàn qiè'.
梵篋—【雜名】多羅葉之經卷，貝葉重疊，以板木挾其兩端以繩結之，其狀恰如入於箱，故云梵篋。
[zá míng] duō luó yè zhī jīng juǎn, bèi yè zhòng dié, yǐ bǎn mù xié qí liǎng duān yǐ shéng jié zhī, qí zhuàng qià rú rù yú xiāng, gù yún fàn qiè.
[za ming] duo luo ye zhi jing juan, bei ye zhong die, yi ban mu xie qi liang duan yi sheng jie zhi, qi zhuang qia ru ru yu xiang, gu yun fan qie.
梵篋 t = 梵箧 s = fàn qiè p refers to [noun] “fanjia”; Domain: Buddhism 佛教 [fu jiao]; Notes: See 梵夾 [fan jia] (FGDB '梵夾 [fan jia]') .
Chinese Buddhism (漢傳佛教, hanchuan fojiao) is the form of Buddhism that developed in China, blending Mahayana teachings with Daoist and Confucian thought. Its texts are mainly in Classical Chinese, based on translations from Sanskrit. Major schools include Chan (Zen), Pure Land, Tiantai, and Huayan. Chinese Buddhism has greatly influenced East Asian religion and culture.
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反切 [fǎn qiè] [fan qie]—
The ancient method of 切語 [qie yu] (qièyǔ) involved using two characters to determine the pronunciation of a single character. The 上字 [shang zi] (shàngzì), or upper character, shared the initial consonant (雙聲 [shuang sheng]) with the 所切之字 [suo qie zhi zi] (suǒqiè zhī zì), the character being defined. The 下字 [xia zi] (xiàzì), or lower character, shared the rhyme (疊韻 [die yun]) with the 所切之字 [suo qie zhi zi] (suǒqiè zhī zì). The 上字 [shang zi] (shàngzì) determined whether the sound was voiceless or voiced (清濁 [qing zhuo]), while the 下字 [xia zi] (xiàzì) determined the tone (平上去入 [ping shang qu ru]). For example, 東 [dong] (dōng) is defined as 德紅切 [de hong qie] (dé hóng qiè), and 反 [fan] (fǎn) as 甫晚切 [fu wan qie] (fǔ wǎn qiè).
反切：古人切語之法，用二字以求一字之音，上字與所切之字雙聲，下字與所切之字疊韻；上字以定清濁，下字以定平上去入；如「東，德紅切」、「反，甫晚切」。
fǎn qiè: gǔ rén qiè yǔ zhī fǎ, yòng èr zì yǐ qiú yī zì zhī yīn, shàng zì yǔ suǒ qiè zhī zì shuāng shēng, xià zì yǔ suǒ qiè zhī zì dié yùn； shàng zì yǐ dìng qīng zhuó, xià zì yǐ dìng píng shàng qù rù； rú “dōng, dé hóng qiè” ,, “fǎn, fǔ wǎn qiè” .
fan qie: gu ren qie yu zhi fa, yong er zi yi qiu yi zi zhi yin, shang zi yu suo qie zhi zi shuang sheng, xia zi yu suo qie zhi zi die yun; shang zi yi ding qing zhuo, xia zi yi ding ping shang qu ru; ru "dong, de hong qie" ,, "fan, fu wan qie" .
反切 ts = fǎn qiè p refers to “traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone”.
反切 ts = fǎn qiè p refers to [noun] “fanqie; a historic style of rhyming dictionary”; Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 [wen yan wen]; Notes: Each entry consisted of two characters to represent the sound of a word (CC-CEDICT '反切 [fan qie]'; Guoyu '反切 [fan qie]'; Mathews 1931 '反切 [fan qie]', p. 111; Wikipedia '反切 [fan qie]') .
1) 梵篋 [fàn qiè] refers to: “palm-leaf scriptures”.
梵篋 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Related Chinese terms] 梵夾; 梵挾; 梵筴; 經夾.
[Vietnamese] phạm khiếp.
[Korean] 범협 / beom hyeop.
[Japanese] ボンキョウ / bon kyō.
2) 反切 [fǎn qiè] refers to: “system of indicating the initial and final sounds of a character by two others”.
反切 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Vietnamese] phản thiết.
[Korean] 반체 / banche.
[Japanese] ホンサイ / honsai.
Chinese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Qie, Fan.
Starts with (+0): Fan qie tu, Fan qie yin.
Full-text (+62): Fan jia, Fan qie yin, Fan ce, Fan qie tu, Yin he, Fan niu, Zei tiao, Qie, Yao zi er, Pham khiep, Zei liu, Phan thiet, Qie yun kao, Yun jing, Lue zhi pi mao, Ti yu, Lei ge, Ci qi pu sa, Fan jia hong su, Wu jin yi pu sa.
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