半字 bàn zì

  1. bàn zì phrase half a character; a letter
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Especially, a Siddham letter (Ding '半字'; FGDB '半字滿字'; SH '半字', p. 168)
  2. bàn zì phrase half word; incomplete teaching
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Referring to Hīnayāna teachings in contrast with Mahāyāna, which are 滿字 the full word (Abe 2005, pp. 279-292; Ding '半字'; FGDB '半字滿字'; SH '半字', p. 168)

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  • Scroll 4 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 20
  • Scroll 21 Da Ban Niepan Jing Ji Jie 大般涅槃經集解 — count: 13
  • Scroll 25 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 9
  • Scroll 8 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 9
  • Scroll 8 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 9 , has English translation
  • Scroll 12 Da Ban Niepan Jing Shu 大般涅槃經疏 — count: 9
  • Scroll 5 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 8
  • Scroll 5 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 8 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Da Ban Niepan Jing) 大般泥洹經 — count: 7
  • Scroll 35 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 6 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 教半字 (教半字) 假使長者教半字已 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 5 — count: 16
  • 半字义 (半字義) 及與半字義 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 3 — count: 15
  • 说半字 (說半字) 是故如來為說半字九部經典 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 5 — count: 15
  • 名为半字 (名為半字) 又三乘猶是無常名為半字 — Fa Hua Xuan Lun 法華玄論, Scroll 2 — count: 7
  • 半字教 (半字教) 年前皆是半字教 — Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Yi 妙法蓮華經玄義, Scroll 10 — count: 7
  • 半字九部经 (半字九部經) 是故如來為說半字九部經典 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
  • 灭半字 (滅半字) 能滅半字 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 8 — count: 4
  • 半字及 (半字及) 多中有一初半字及初聲故一中多 — Fifty Questions and Answers from the Avataṃsaka Sūtra 華嚴五十要問答, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 离半字 (離半字) 是故汝今應離半字 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 8 — count: 4
  • 随逐半字 (隨逐半字) 若有隨逐半字義者 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 8 — count: 3