空即是色

See also: 空卽是色

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	be; yes; this	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (空即是色)		空	即	是	色

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōng jí shì sè

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ zik¹ si⁶ sik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kōng jí shì sè
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kong jyi shyh seh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kong jí shìh sè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ zik¹ si⁶ sik¹
  - Yale: hūng jīk sih sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ dzik⁷ si⁶ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ jig¹ xi⁶ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ siː²² sɪk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kʰuŋ t͡sɨk̚ d͡ʑiᴇ^X ʃɨk̚/▼

Rime
Character	空	即	是	色
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	精 (13)	常 (25)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	職 (134)	支 (11)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III	III
Fanqie	苦紅切	子力切	承紙切	所力切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡sɨk̚/	/d͡ʑiᴇ^X/	/ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡sɨk̚/	/d͡ʑiɛ^X/	/ʃɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡siek̚/	/d͡ʑjɛ^X/	/ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəwŋ/	/t͡sik̚/	/d͡ʑiə̆^X/	/ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡siək̚/	/ʑie^X/	/ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡sĭək̚/	/ʑǐe^X/	/ʃĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡si̯ək̚/	/ʑie̯^X/	/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kōng	ji	shì	she

Phrase

空即是色

Short for 色即是空，空即是色 (sè jí shì kōng, kōng jí shì sè).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	即	是	色
くう Grade: 1	そく Grade: S	ぜ Grade: S	しき Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Attested in the Heart Sutra.

From Middle Chinese 空即是色 (MC kʰuŋ t͡sɨk̚ d͡ʑiᴇ^X ʃɨk̚), itself being Kumārajīva's translation from Sanskrit या शून्यता तद् रूपम् (yā śūnyatā tad rūpam, literally “emptiness is only form”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) くうそくぜしき [kúꜜù sòkù zè shìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- (Tokyo) くうそくぜしき [kùú sóꜜkù zè shìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- (Tokyo) くうそくぜしき [kùú sókú zéꜜshìkì] (Nakadaka – [5])
- IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝː so̞kɯ̟ᵝ d͡ze̞ ɕikʲi]

Phrase

空即是色 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 空卽是色, hiragana くうそくぜしき, rōmaji kū soku ze shiki)

(Buddhism) fundamental doctrine that all things in this world are empty in essence, and through that existence, all phenomenon is real in form

See also

色 (しき)即 (そく)是 (ぜ)空 (くう) (shiki soku ze kū, “form is indeed emptiness”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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