那由他

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (那由他)		那	由	他
simp. ^#(那由他)		那	由	他
alternative forms		那由多

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नयुत (nayuta, “myriad”), by Buddhist translators in the 4th century.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nàyóutā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nàyóutā
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nàyóuta
  - Wade–Giles: na⁴-yu²-tʻa¹
  - Yale: nà-yóu-tā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nahyouta
  - Palladius: наюта (najuta)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵ tʰä⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: na yuw tha

Rime
Character	那	由	他
Reading #	1/3	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	以 (36)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	尤 (136)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	I
Fanqie	諾何切	以周切	託何切
Baxter	na	yuw	tha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nɑ/	/jɨu/	/tʰɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/nɑ/	/jiu/	/tʰɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/nɑ/	/iəu/	/tʰɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/na/	/juw/	/tʰa/
Li Rong	/nɑ/	/iu/	/tʰɑ/
Wang Li	/nɑ/	/jĭəu/	/tʰɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nɑ/	/i̯ə̯u/	/tʰɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nuó	yóu	tuō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	no⁴	jau⁴	to¹

Noun

那由他

(Buddhism, historical) extremely large number, usually interpreted as the number 10²⁸

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (那由他):

→ Japanese: 那(な)由(ゆ)他(た) (nayuta)
→ Korean: 나유타(那由他) (nayuta)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
那	由	他
な Grade: S	ゆ Grade: 3	た Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spelling
那由多

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なゆた [nàyútá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [na̠jɯ̟ta̠]

Noun

那(な)由(ゆ)他(た) • (nayuta)

In the traditional Japanese number system, 10⁶⁰ or one novemdecillion of the American system.
(Buddhism, historical) extremely large number, usually interpreted as the number 10²⁸

Proper noun

那(な)由(ゆ)他(た) • (Nayuta)

a unisex given name

References

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

“那由他”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
那	由	他

Noun

那由他 • (nayuta) (hangeul 나유타)

hanja form^? of 나유타