Scholarly Name Reference
Dharma of awakening
Scholarly reference for Bodhidharma
菩提達磨
The name in its original Chinese characters form. 菩提達磨 carries the full phonetic and orthographic weight of the source tradition.
BODHIDHARMA
This name is already attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode form Bodhidharma is identical to ASCII apart from capitalization, so no diacritic, stress, or script information was erased.
Bodhidharma
Because the name is already in Latin letters, the Unicode restoration does not add diacritics or change the script. Its value here is canonical spelling and consistent cataloguing, not the recovery of lost marks.
bodhidharma.com → bodhidharma.com
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How bodhidharma becomes Bodhidharma
| Step | ASCII | Unicode | Type | Scholarly Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | b | → | B | Same | Same, capitalized |
| 02 | o | → | o | Same | Same |
| 03 | d | → | d | Same | Same |
| 04 | h | → | h | Same | Same |
| 05 | i | → | i | Same | Same |
| 06 | d | → | d | Same | Same |
| 07 | h | → | h | Same | Same |
| 08 | a | → | a | Same | Same |
| 09 | r | → | r | Same | Same |
| 10 | m | → | m | Same | Same |
| 11 | a | → | a | Same | Same |
Why Bodhidharma is classified as Tier-2 Basic
The Ancient name 菩提達磨 is attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode restoration is identical to ASCII, so no diacritic or script recovery is needed. It is catalogued as a single-tier Tier-2 name because the scholarly form carries no stress or length marks.
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