耳根

Chinese

		ear	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (耳根)		耳	根
simp. #(耳根)		耳	根

Etymology

The Buddhism sense is a translation of Sanskrit श्रोत्रेन्द्रिय (śrotrendriya, “sense or organ of hearing”). The Tibetan equivalent is རྣ་བའི་དབང་པོ (rna ba'i dbang po).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěrgēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrgēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrgen
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-kên¹
    • Yale: ěr-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelgen
    • Palladius: эргэнь (ergɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrgēnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄍㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrgenr
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-kên¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: ěr-gēnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelgel
    • Palladius: эргэньр (ergɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ gan¹
    • Yale: yíh gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ kɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyiX kon

Rime
Character	耳	根
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	而止切	古痕切
Baxter	nyiX	kon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨX/	/kən/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵɨX/	/kən/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑieX/	/kən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨX/	/kən/
Li Rong	/ȵiəX/	/kən/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭəX/	/kən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑiX/	/kən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ěr	gēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji5	gan1

Noun

耳根

1. (anatomy) root of the ear
2. in one's ears; near one's ears; ear
3. (Buddhism) “ear or hearing faculty”, one of the six sensory faculties

Derived terms

• 耳根子
• 耳根廂／耳根厢
• 耳根清淨／耳根清净
• 耳根軟／耳根软 (ěrgēnruǎn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (耳根):

• → Japanese: 耳根(にこん) (nikon)
• → Korean: 이근(耳根) (igeun)
• → Vietnamese: nhĩ căn (耳根)