格義

Chinese
frame; rule justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (格義) 格 義
simp. (格义) 格 义
Literally: “matching the meaning”.

Pronunciation

Verb

格義

  1. (Buddhism) to translate a foreign concept by matching it to a native (Chinese) one (e.g. 本無／本无 to describe Sanskrit शून्यता (śūnyatā)); to localize

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (格義):
  • → Japanese: 格(かく)義(ぎ) (kakugi)
  • → Korean: 격의(格義) (gyeogui)
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