# 地藏
## Chinese

* 地藏

### Etymology
#### “Ksitigarbha”

    Calque of Sanskrit क्षितिगर्भ (Kṣitigarbha, literally “earth womb”), from क्षिति (kṣiti, “earth”) + गर्भ (garbha, “womb”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dìzàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄗㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dei$^6$ zong$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìzàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄗㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìzàng
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$-tsang$^4$
*** Yale: dì-dzàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihtzanq
*** Palladius: дицзан (diczan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dei$^6$ zong$^6$
*** Yale: deih johng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dei$^6$ dzong$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: déi$^6$ zong$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tei̯²² t͡sɔːŋ²²/
* Middle Chinese: dijH dzangH
Rime :
| Character | 地 | 藏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 徒四切 | 徂浪切 |
| Baxter | dijH | dzangH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /diɪ$^H$/ | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /di$^H$/ | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /djɪ$^H$/ | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /di$^H$/ | /d͡zaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /di$^H$/ | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /di$^H$/ | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱi$^H$/ | /d͡zʱɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dì | zàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dei$^6$ | zong$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ˤej-s m-tsʰˤaŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'els zaːŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 地 | 藏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dì | zàng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dij$^H$ › | ‹ dzang$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[l]ˁej-s/ | /*m-tsʰˁaŋ-s/ |
| English | earth, ground | store, repository (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 地 | 藏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14808 | 10284 |
| Phonetic component | 也 | 爿 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 地 | 藏 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'els/ | /*zaːŋs/ |

### Noun

地藏
* (Classical) cellar

#### Synonyms

* 地窖 (dìjiào)
* 地窨 (dìyìn)
* 地窨子 (dìyìnzi) (colloquial)
* 地陷 (tē-hām) (Hokkien)
* 地陷跤 (tē-hām-kha) (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 窖 (jiào)

### Verb

地藏
* (Classical) to bury (the dead) in the ground

### Proper noun

地藏
* (Buddhism) (～菩薩) Ksitigarbha bodhisattva
    Synonym: 乞叉底蘗婆

#### Derived terms

* 地藏寺
* 地藏王
* 地藏王菩薩／地藏王菩萨 (Dìzàngwáng Púsà)
* 地藏經／地藏经 (Dìzàngjīng)
* 地藏菩薩／地藏菩萨 (Dìzàng Púsà)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 地(じ)蔵(ぞう) (Jizō)

### Further reading

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

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 地 | 藏 |
| じ Grade: 2 | ぞう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 地藏 – see the following entry. :
| 【地蔵じぞう】 | [proper noun] (Buddhism) Short for 地蔵菩薩 (Jizō Bosatsu): Ksitigarbha, the bodhisattva who looks over children, pregnant women, travelers, and the underworld |
(This term, 地藏, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :