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破戒

破戒

Chinese

 
to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
 swear off; warn against
simp. and trad.
(破戒) 		破 戒

Verb

破戒

  1. (religion) to break a commandment
  2. (by extension) to make an exception

Derived terms

  • 破戒人

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (破戒):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
破 戒
は
Grade: 5 		かい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

破戒 ‎(hiragana はかい, romaji hakai)

  1. breaking a commandment, especially a religious commandment

Antonyms

  • 持戒 (じかい) ‎(jikai)

Compounds

  • 破戒僧 (はかいそう) ‎(hakaisō)

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit शीलखण्डन ‎(śīlakhaṇḍana, “violation of morality or virtue”). Tibetan equivalent is ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་ཉམས་པ ‎(tshul khrims nyams pa).

Pronunciation

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