耳根

Chinese

		ear	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (耳根)		耳	根

Etymology

The Buddhism sense is a translation of Sanskrit श्रोत्रेन्द्रिय (śrotrendriya, “sense or organ of hearing”). The Tibetan equivalent is རྣ་བའི་དབང་པོ (rna ba'i dbang po).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ěrgēn

(Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ gan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ěrgēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄍㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelgen
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ěrgen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: ěrgēnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄍㄣㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelgel
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ěrgenr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ gan¹
  - Yale: yíh gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ kɐn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ȵɨ^X kən/▼

Rime
Character	耳	根
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	而止切	古痕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨ^X/	/kən/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵɨ^X/	/kən/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑie^X/	/kən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨ^X/	/kən/
Li Rong	/ȵiə^X/	/kən/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭə^X/	/kən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi^X/	/kən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ěr	gēn

Noun

耳根

(anatomy) root of the ear
in one's ears; near one's ears; ear
(Buddhism) “ear or hearing faculty”, one of the six sensory faculties

Derived terms

耳根子
耳根廂／耳根厢

耳根清淨／耳根清净
耳根軟／耳根软

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (耳根):

→ Japanese: 耳根 (にこん) (nikon)
→ Korean: 이근 (耳根, igeun)
→ Vietnamese: nhĩ căn (耳根)

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