符

Readings

Pinyin: fú

Wade-Giles: fu

Hangul: 부

Korean MC: bu

Korean MR: pu

Katakana: フ

Hepburn: fu

a tally

• (Skt. pālita) A bamboo slip on which a contract is written and then broken in two so that the two matching halves can be held by the two parties involved.[resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, Gakken, Nakamura, M-W]
• To agree with, to tally.[resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1178a

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0915

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generated: 2013-03-18