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kind of grass

Stroke count: 11

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

kind of grass
sacred tree
bo treeRtK

bodhisattva
one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha
high Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)
title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

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Radical艸grass

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Compound words

菩薩ぼさつ

bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

菩提ぼだい

如菩薩にょぼさつ

Buddha-like compassion

菩提寺ぼだいじ

one's family temple

菩提樹ぼだいじゅ

Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree)

菩提心ぼだいしん

aspiration for Buddhahood

発菩提心ほつぼだいしん

deciding to embrace Buddhism

菩提薩埵ぼだいさった

弥勒菩薩みろくぼさつ

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

虚空蔵菩薩こくうぞうぼさつ

Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)

菩提を弔うぼだいをとむらう

to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras

南無八幡大菩薩なむはちまんだいぼさつ

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

阿耨多羅三藐三菩提あのくたらさんみゃくさんぼだい

anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)

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11 strokes

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Practice Writing 菩

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