醍醐

Chinese
phonetic
trad. (醍醐) 醍 醐
simp. #(醍醐) 醍 醐
alternative forms 𩝊餬
䬫餬
𨠏醐

Etymology

Cognate to Mongolian чиген (čigen).

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
Baxter dej hu
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 tai4 wu4
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. (figurative) clarified butter; ghee
  2. (literary, figurative, Buddhism) the essence of Buddhism
  3. (literary, figurative) good alcohol; fine liquor

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (醍醐):
  • → Japanese: 醍(だい)醐(ご) (daigo)
  • → Korean: 제호(醍醐) (jeho)
  • → Vietnamese: đề hồ (醍醐)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

醍(だい)醐(ご) • (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(だい)醐(ご) • (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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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