宿命

Chinese
 
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
 life; fate
simp. and trad.
(宿命)		 宿 命
Literally: “predestined life”.

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit जातिस्मर (jātismara, “recollecting a former existence; memory of previous births”). The Tibetan equivalent is ཚེ་རབས་དྲན་པ (tshe rabs dran pa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 宿 命
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 屋 (4) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 息逐切 眉病切
Baxter sjuwk mjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /sɨuk̚/ /mˠiæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /siuk̚/ /mᵚiaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /siuk̚/ /miaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /suwk̚/ /miajŋH/
Li
Rong		 /siuk̚/ /miɐŋH/
Wang
Li		 /sĭuk̚/ /mĭɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /si̯uk̚/ /mi̯ɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 su mìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 suk1 ming6

Noun

宿命

  1. (Buddhism) destiny; fate; fatality; karma

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (宿命):
  • → Japanese: 宿命(しゅくめい) (shukumei)
  • → Korean: 숙명(宿命) (sungmyeong)
  • → Vietnamese: túc mệnh (宿命)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
宿 命
しゅく
Grade: 3		 めい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しゅくめー [shùkúméé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝme̞ː]

Noun

宿(しゅく)命(めい) • (shukumei) 

  1. destiny

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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