釈迦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
釈	迦
しゃく > しゃ Grade: S	か Jinmeiyō
Irregular	kan’on

Etymology

From Chinese 釋迦, from Sanskrit शाक्य (śākya)

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) しゃか [shàká] (Heiban – [0])
- (Tokyo) しゃか [sháꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ɕa̠ka̠]

Proper noun

釈迦 (hiragana しゃか, rōmaji Shaka)

Clipping of 釈迦牟尼 (Shakamuni, “Sakyamuni”).

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