閻摩

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (閻摩)		閻	摩
simp. (阎摩)		阎	摩

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यम (yama, “Yama”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yánmó

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yánmó
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yánmó
  - Wade–Giles: Yen²-mo²
  - Yale: Yán-mwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yanmo
  - Palladius: Яньмо (Janʹmo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: yem ma

Rime
Character	閻	摩
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	余廉切	莫婆切
Baxter	yem	ma
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇm/	/muɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛm/	/muɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/jæm/	/muɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiam/	/mwa/
Li Rong	/iɛm/	/muɑ/
Wang Li	/jĭɛm/	/muɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm/	/muɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	mó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim⁴	mo⁴

Proper noun

閻摩

(～王) (Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese mythology) Synonym of 閻羅／阎罗 (Yánluó, “Yama (god of the underworld)”)

Derived terms

閻摩天子／阎摩天子
閻摩王／阎摩王

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