宿命

Chinese

 
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
life; fate
simp. and trad.
(宿命)
宿 命
Literally: “predestined life”.

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit जातिस्मर (jātismara, “recollecting a former existence; memory of previous births”). The Tibetan equivalent is ཚེ་རབས་དྲན་པ (tshe rabs dran pa).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 宿 命
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 東 (4) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 息逐切 眉病切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sɨuk̚/ /mˠiæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/siuk̚/ /mᵚiaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/siuk̚/ /miaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/suwk̚/ /miajŋH/
Li
Rong
/siuk̚/ /miɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/sĭuk̚/ /mĭɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯uk̚/ /mi̯ɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
su mìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
suk1 ming6

Noun

宿命

  1. (Buddhism) destiny; fate; fatality; karma

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 宿命通

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宿命):
  • → Japanese: 宿命(しゅくめい) (shukumei)
  • → Korean: 숙명(宿命) (sungmyeong)
  • → Vietnamese: túc mệnh (宿命)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宿 命
しゅく
Grade: 3
めい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しゅくめー [shùkúméé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝme̞ː]

Noun

宿(しゅく)命(めい) • (shukumei) 

  1. destiny

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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