# 空即是色
## Chinese

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kōng jí shì sè
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄙㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hung$^1$ zik$^1$ si$^6$ sik$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kōng jí shì sè
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄙㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kong jí shìh sè
*** Wade–Giles: kʻung$^1$ chi$^2$ shih$^4$ sê$^4$
*** Yale: kūng jí shr̀ sè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kong jyi shyh seh
*** Palladius: кун цзи ши сэ (kun czi ši sɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hung$^1$ zik$^1$ si$^6$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: hūng jīk sih sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hung$^1$ dzik$^7$ si$^6$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hung$^1$ jig$^1$ xi$^6$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ siː²² sɪk̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: khuwng tsik dzyeX srik
Rime :
| Character | 空 | 即 | 是 | 色 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 精 (13) | 常 (25) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) | 職 (134) | 支 (11) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 苦紅切 | 子力切 | 承紙切 | 所力切 |
| Baxter | khuwng | tsik | dzyeX | srik |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰuŋ/ | /t͡sɨk̚/ | /d͡ʑiᴇ$^X$/ | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰuŋ/ | /t͡sɨk̚/ | /d͡ʑiɛ$^X$/ | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰuŋ/ | /t͡siek̚/ | /d͡ʑjɛ$^X$/ | /ʃiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰəwŋ/ | /t͡sik̚/ | /d͡ʑiə̆$^X$/ | /ʂik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰuŋ/ | /t͡siək̚/ | /ʑie$^X$/ | /ʃiək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰuŋ/ | /t͡sĭək̚/ | /ʑǐe$^X$/ | /ʃĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰuŋ/ | /t͡si̯ək̚/ | /ʑie̯$^X$/ | /ʂi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kōng | ji | shì | she |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hung$^1$ | zik$^1$ | si$^6$ | sik$^1$ |

### Phrase

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

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 空 | 即 | 是 | 色 |
| くう Grade: 1 | そく Grade: S | ぜ Grade: S | しき Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||||
* Alternative spelling
* 空卽是色 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

Attested in the Heart Sutra.
From Middle Chinese 空即是色 (MC khuwng tsik dzyeX srik), itself being Kumārajīva's translation from Sanskrit या शून्यता तद् रूपम् (yā śūnyatā tad rūpam, literally “emptiness is only form”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) くうそくぜしき [kúꜜù sòkù zè shìkì] (Atamadaka –)
* (Tokyo) くうそくぜしき [kùú sóꜜkù zè shìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
* (Tokyo) くうそくぜしき [kùú sókú zéꜜ shìkì] (Nakadaka – [5])
* IPA: [kɯ̟ː so̞kɯ̟ d͡ze̞ ɕikʲi]

### Phrase

空(くう)即(そく)是(ぜ)色(しき) • (kū soku ze shiki)
* (Buddhism) fundamental doctrine that all things in this world are empty in essence, and through that existence, all phenomenon is real in form

#### See also

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

### References

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