地藏

See also: 地蔵

Chinese

earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 
storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate
 
trad. (地藏) 地 藏
simp. #(地藏) 地 藏
anagram 藏地

Etymology

“Ksitigarbha”
Calque of Sanskrit क्षितिगर्भ (Kṣitigarbha, literally “earth womb”), from क्षिति (kṣiti, “earth”) + गर्भ (garbha, “womb”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 地 藏
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 徒四切 徂浪切
Baxter dijH dzangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/diɪH/ /d͡zɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/diH/ /d͡zɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/djɪH/ /d͡zɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/diH/ /d͡zaŋH/
Li
Rong 		/diH/ /d͡zɑŋH/
Wang
Li 		/diH/ /d͡zɑŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱiH/ /d͡zʱɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dì zàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dei6 zong6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 地 藏
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dì zàng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dijH › ‹ dzangH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[l]ˁej-s/ /*m-tsʰˁaŋ-s/
English earth, ground store, repository (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 地 藏
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 14808 10284
Phonetic
component 		也 爿
Rime
group 		歌 陽
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		地 藏
Old
Chinese 		/*l'els/ /*zaːŋs/

Noun

地藏

  1. (Classical) cellar

Synonyms

Verb

地藏

  1. (Classical) to bury (the dead) in the ground

Proper noun

地藏

  1. (～菩薩) (Buddhism) Kṣitigarbha bodhisattva
    Synonym: 乞叉底蘗婆

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 地藏菩薩 (“Kṣitigarbha bodhisattva”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 地藏菩薩, 地藏, 地藏王, 地藏王菩薩
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 地藏王菩薩, 地藏王
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 地藏王, 地藏菩薩
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 地藏王菩薩
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 地藏王菩薩
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 地藏皇個菩薩
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 地藏王菩薩
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 地藏王
Southern Min Zhao'an 地藏王
New Taipei (Tamsui) 地藏王
Kaohsiung 地藏王菩薩
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 地藏王菩薩
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 地藏王
Kaohsiung (Cieding) 地藏王
Yilan (Luodong) 地藏王菩薩
Yilan (Toucheng) 地藏王
Changhua (Yongjing) 地藏王菩薩
Tainan (Anping) 地藏王菩薩
Chiayi 地藏王菩薩
Chiayi County (Dongshi) 地藏王菩薩
Penghu (Xiyu) 地藏王
Wu Shanghai 地藏王菩薩, 地藏菩薩
Suzhou 地藏王
Wenzhou 地藏王

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地藏):
  • → Japanese: 地(じ)蔵(ぞう) (Jizō)
  • → Korean: 지장(地藏) (jijang)
  • → Vietnamese: Địa Tạng (地藏)

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地 藏
じ
Grade: 2 		ぞう
Jinmeiyō
goon
For pronunciation and definitions of 地藏 – see the following entry.
【地蔵じぞう】
[proper noun] (Buddhism) short for 地蔵菩薩 (Jizō Bosatsu): Kṣitigarbha, the bodhisattva who looks over children, pregnant women, travelers, and the underworld
(This term, 地藏, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
地藏

Proper noun

地藏 • (Jijang) (hangeul 지장)

  1. hanja form? of 지장 (“Kṣitigarbha”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地藏

Proper noun

地藏

  1. chữ Hán form of Địa Tạng (“Kṣitigarbha”)
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