法界

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (法界)		法	界

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मधातु (dharmadhātu), comprised of धर्म (“dharma”) +‎ धातु (“expanse”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎjiè
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-chieh⁴
    • Yale: fǎ-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faajieh
    • Palladius: фацзе (facze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-kài
    • Tâi-lô: huat-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatkaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ kai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ kai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ kai²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pjop keajH

Rime
Character	法	界
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	乏 (148)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	方乏切	古拜切
Baxter	pjop	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨɐp̚/	/kˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/piɐp̚/	/kᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/piɐp̚/	/kɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puap̚/	/kəɨjH/
Li Rong	/piɐp̚/	/kɛiH/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐp̚/	/kɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯wɐp̚/	/kăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fa	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faat3	gaai3

Noun

法界

1. (Buddhism) dharmadhatu

Derived terms

• 事法界
• 四法界
• 理法界

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法界):

• → Japanese: 法界(ほうかい) (hōkai)
• → Korean: 법계(法界) (beopgye)
• → Vietnamese: pháp giới (法界)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “法界” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Korean

Hanja in this term
法	界

Noun

法界 • (beopgye) (hangeul 법계)

1. hanja form^? of 법계 (“dharmadhatu”)