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錫杖

錫杖

See also: 锡杖

Chinese

		tin	cane, walking stick
trad. (錫杖)		錫	杖
simp. (锡杖)		锡	杖

Noun

錫杖

Buddhist abbot's staff

Japanese

Kanji in this term
錫	杖
Jinmeiyō	Jinmeiyō

Etymology

Compound of 錫 ‎(shaku, “tin, stannum”) +‎ 杖 ‎(jō, “staff”).

Noun

錫杖 ‎(hiragana しゃくじょう, romaji shakujō)

(weaponry) A khakkhara; Buddhist monk's "sounding staff".

Synonyms

Synonyms

杖 (つえ) ‎(tsue)
聖杖 (せいじょう) ‎(seijō)
魔法 (まほう)の杖 (つえ) ‎(mahō no tsue)
幣 (ぬさ) ‎(nusa)
笏 (しゃく) ‎(shaku)
御幣 (ごへい) ‎(gohei), 御幣 (おんべい) ‎(onbei)
幣束 (へいそく) ‎(heisoku)
大幣 (おおぬさ) ‎(ōnusa)
祓串 (はらいくし) ‎(haraikushi)
手板 (ていた) ‎(teita)

See also

錫杖 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Khakkhara on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīzhàng, xízhàng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄓㄤˋ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄓㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek³ zoeng⁶
Min Nan (POJ): siah-thn̄g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīzhàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄓㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shijanq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: xízhàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄓㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyijanq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek³ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: sek jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁸ dzoeng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚³ t͡ɕœːŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah-thn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: siah-thn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaht'ng
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tʰŋ̍³³/