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Kanji Detail for 仏 - "buddha, buddhism, france"

仏

  • Meaning

    仏 means "buddha, buddhism, france."

    1. Buddha - The enlightened one; the awakened.

    2. Buddhism - The religion of Buddha.

    3. France - Abbreviation for France.

  • Words using 仏

    • 仏語 ふつご Listen French (language)
    • 仏像 ぶつぞう Listen statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue
    • 仏文 ふつぶん Listen French; French writing; French literature
    • 仏壇 ぶつだん Listen Buddhist (household) altar
    • 大仏 だいぶつ Listen large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)

  • Four-character idioms with 仏

    • 仏心鬼手 ぶっしんきしゅ Listen compassionate ruthlessness; merciless scalpel of a merciful surgeon
    • 借花献仏 しゃっかけんぶつ Listen winning favor or influence using someone else's property; plagiarism
    • 即身成仏 そくしんじょうぶつ Listen attainment of Buddhahood during life
    • 多情仏心 たじょうぶっしん Listen fickle but kind-hearted
    • 廃仏毀釈 はいぶつきしゃく Listen abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
    • 念仏三昧 ねんぶつざんまい Listen being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha

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    • Verified meaning: buddha, buddhism, france
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さとる, ほとけ, ほとけさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 仏

    Surnames 仏(さとる)Listen 仏(ほとけ)Listen 仏(ほとけさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    Buddha; the dead; France

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    Buddha

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 佛

  • Onyomi

    tip

    butsu(ブツ) ブツ

    futsu(フツ) フツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hotoke(ほとけ) ほとけ

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    buddha buddhism france buddhist awakened bodhisattva compassion dharma enlightened enlightenment karma lotus meditation mindfulness nirvana philosophy religion sangha statue temple zen

Sentences including 仏

  • He is a saint of a man.

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