# 色即是空
## Chinese

| | | colour; dice; lookcolour; dice; look; appearance | namely; right away; to approachnamely; right away; to approach; to draw near | be; yes; this | emptied; leisure; airemptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain |
| trad. (色即是空) | trad. (色即是空) | 色 | 即 | 是 | 空 |
| simp. $^#$(色即是空) | simp. $^#$(色即是空) | 色 | 即 | 是 | 空 |
| anagram | anagram | 空即是色 | 空即是色 | 空即是色 | 空即是色 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sè jí shì kōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sik$^1$ zik$^1$ si$^6$ hung$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sè jí shì kōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sè jí shìh kong
*** Wade–Giles: sê$^4$ chi$^2$ shih$^4$ kʻung$^1$
*** Yale: sè jí shr̀ kūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh jyi shyh kong
*** Palladius: сэ цзи ши кун (sɛ czi ši kun)
*** Sinological IPA : /sɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sik$^1$ zik$^1$ si$^6$ hung$^1$
*** Yale: sīk jīk sih hūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sik$^7$ dzik$^7$ si$^6$ hung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xig$^1$ jig$^1$ xi$^6$ hung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪk̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ siː²² hʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: srik tsik dzyeX khuwng
Rime :
| Character | 色 | 即 | 是 | 空 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) | 精 (13) | 常 (25) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) | 職 (134) | 支 (11) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | I |
| Fanqie | 所力切 | 子力切 | 承紙切 | 苦紅切 |
| Baxter | srik | tsik | dzyeX | khuwng |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃɨk̚/ | /t͡sɨk̚/ | /d͡ʑiᴇ$^X$/ | /kʰuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃɨk̚/ | /t͡sɨk̚/ | /d͡ʑiɛ$^X$/ | /kʰuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃiek̚/ | /t͡siek̚/ | /d͡ʑjɛ$^X$/ | /kʰuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂik̚/ | /t͡sik̚/ | /d͡ʑiə̆$^X$/ | /kʰəwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃiək̚/ | /t͡siək̚/ | /ʑie$^X$/ | /kʰuŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃĭək̚/ | /t͡sĭək̚/ | /ʑǐe$^X$/ | /kʰuŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʂi̯ək̚/ | /t͡si̯ək̚/ | /ʑie̯$^X$/ | /kʰuŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | she | ji | shì | kōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sik$^1$ | zik$^1$ | si$^6$ | hung$^1$ |

### Phrase

色即是空
* Short for 色即是空，空即是色 (sè jí shì kōng, kōng jí shì sè).

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 色(しき)即(そく)是(ぜ)空(くう) (shiki soku ze kū)
* → Korean: 색즉시공(色即是空) (saekjeuksigong)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 色 | 即 | 是 | 空 |
| しき Grade: 2 | そく Grade: S | ぜ Grade: S | くう Grade: 1 |
| goon ||||
* Alternative spelling
* 色卽是空 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

From the 般若心経 (Hannya Shingyō, “Heart Sutra”).
From Middle Chinese 色即是空 (MC srik tsik dzyeX khuwng), itself being Kumārajīva's translation from Sanskrit यद् रूपं सा शून्यता (yad rūpaṃ sā śūnyatā, literally “form is indeed emptiness”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しきそくぜくう [shìkí sókú zéꜜ kùù] (Nakadaka – [5])
* IPA: [ɕikʲi so̞kɯ̟ d͡ze̞ kɯ̟ː]

### Phrase

色(しき)即(そく)是(ぜ)空(くう) • (shiki soku ze kū)
* (Buddhism) the fundamental doctrine that all things in this world that have a connection or reason has no intrinsic essence

#### See also

* 空(くう)即(そく)是(ぜ)色(しき) (kū soku ze shiki, “emptiness is only form”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Phrase

色即是空 • (saekjeuksigong) (hangeul 색즉시공)
* hanja form of 색즉시공