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薩

salvation
Stroke count: 17

Readings

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. salvation
    この薩摩芋は生焼けでがりがりする。This sweet potato is only half-baked and is still crunchy.tatoeba
    本地は上行菩薩。Its original reality is Jogyo Bosatsu (Superior Practice Bodhisattva).wiki
  2. buddha
  3. bodhisattvaRtK

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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
薩長さっちょう
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
薩埵さった
sattva (sentient beings)
薩婆訶そわか
svāhā
薩摩芋さつまいも
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
薩摩焼さつまやき
Satsuma porcelain
薩摩閥さつまばつ
Satsuma clan
如菩薩にょぼさつ
Buddha-like compassion
金剛薩埵こんごうさった
Vajrasattva (bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism)
薩摩の守さつまのかみ
traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)
薩摩琵琶さつまびわ
Satsuma biwa
薩摩揚げさつまあげ
satsuma-age
菩提薩埵ぼだいさった
bodhisattva
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)
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!

Additional Examples

本地は上行菩薩。
Its original reality is Jogyo Bosatsu (Superior Practice Bodhisattva).wiki

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 薩

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