大乗
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 大 | 乗 |
| だい Grade: 1 |
じょう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 大乘 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
editOrthographic borrowing from Chinese 大乘 (Dàchéng), itself a calque of Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna, literally “Great Vehicle”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editReferences
edit- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 大 read as だい
- Japanese terms spelled with 乗 read as じょう
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- Japanese terms borrowed from Chinese
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- Japanese lemmas
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- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
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- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
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