無常

See also: 无常

Chinese

not have
 
always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
trad. (無常)
simp. (无常)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (25)
Final () (24) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨo/ /d͡ʑɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mio/ /d͡ʑiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/mio/ /d͡ʑiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆/ /d͡ʑɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/mio/ /ʑiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/mĭu/ /ʑĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯u/ /ʑi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cháng

Adjective

無常

  1. changeable; variable; sporadic; irregular; inconsistent

Derived terms

  • 禍福無常祸福无常
  • 翻覆無常翻覆无常
  • 變化無常变化无常
  • 變幻無常变幻无常
  • 貴賤無常贵贱无常

Noun

無常

  1. (Chinese mythology) Wuchang, one or two deities in Chinese folk religion who seize the spirits of people to the Underworld
  2. (Buddhism) impermanence

Derived terms

  • 走無常走无常

Verb

無常

  1. (euphemistic) to die; to pass away

Derived terms

  • 一旦無常萬事休一旦无常万事休

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無常):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

無常 (-na inflection, hiragana むじょう, rōmaji mujō)

  1. transient, impermanent, mutable

Inflection

Noun

無常 (hiragana むじょう, rōmaji mujō)

  1. transience

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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