醍醐

Chinese
phonetic
simp. and trad.
(醍醐)		 醍 醐
variant forms 𩝊餬
䬫餬
𨠏醐

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 醍 醐
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV I
Fanqie 杜奚切 戸吳切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /dei/ /ɦuo/
Pan
Wuyun		 /dei/ /ɦuo/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dɛi/ /ɣo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dɛj/ /ɦɔ/
Li
Rong		 /dei/ /ɣo/
Wang
Li		 /diei/ /ɣu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱiei/ /ɣuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tí hú
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 醍 醐
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 11625 4250
Phonetic
component		 是 古
Rime
group		 支 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 嗁 胡
Old
Chinese		 /*deː/ /*ɡaː/

Noun

醍醐

  1. (literary) clarified butter; ghee
  2. (literary, figuratively, Buddhism) the essence of Buddhism
  3. (literary, figuratively) good alcohol; fine liquor

Derived terms
  • 如飲醍醐／如饮醍醐

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (醍醐):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
醍 醐
だい
Jinmeiyō		 ご
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 醍醐 (MC dei ɦuo), itself a translation of Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, literally “cream of milk”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

醍醐 (hiragana だいご, rōmaji daigo)

  1. ghee (type of clarified butter)
  2. (Buddhism) the fifth and last flavor according to the Nirvana Sutra, possibly of ghee or some other kind of butter; believed to be the ultimate truth or the greatest nirvana
    Hypernym: 五味 (gomi)

Derived terms

Proper noun

醍醐 (hiragana だいご, rōmaji Daigo)

  1. a place name
  2. a surname
  3. a unisex given name

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 醍 (だい)醐 (ご)街道 (かいどう) (Daigo Kaidō)
  • 醍 (だい)醐 (ご)山 (さん) (Daigo-san)
  • 醍 (だい)醐 (ご)寺 (じ) (Daigo-ji)
  • 醍 (だい)醐 (ご)の五 (ご)門跡 (もんぜき) (Daigo no Gomonzeki)
  • 醍 (だい)醐 (ご)の三流 (さんりゅう) (Daigo no Sanryū)
  • 醍 (だい)醐 (ご)の花 (はな)見 (み) (Daigo no Hanami)
  • 醍 (だい)醐 (ご)流 (りゅう) (Daigo-ryū)

References
  1. “醍醐”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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