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仏

Buddha
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingブツ、フツ
Kun readingほとけ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5Level 15

Meanings

  1. buddhaRtK
  2. the dead
  3. franceふつ ↓
  1. shakyamuni
  2. buddhist image
  3. figure of Buddha

Homonyms

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Same spelling, other readings
  • 仏 ふつ — France

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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buddha · person (人) · elbow

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1037

Compound words

石仏せきぶつ
stone Buddhist image
大仏だいぶつ
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
念仏ねんぶつ
nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
仏教ぶっきょう
Buddhism
仏語ふつご
French (language)
仏像ぶつぞう
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
仏壇ぶつだん
Buddhist (household) altar
仏文ふつぶん
French; French writing; French literature
儒仏じゅぶつ
Confucianism and Buddhism
神仏しんぶつ
gods and Buddha
成仏じょうぶつ
attaining Buddhahood
南仏なんふつ
Southern France
入仏にゅうぶつ
enshrining a Buddhist image
仏家ぶっけ
Buddhist priest
仏暁ふつぎょう
dawn
仏具ぶぐ
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)
仏寺ぶつじ
Buddhist temple
仏葬ぶっそう
Buddhist funeral
仏檀ぶつだん
Buddhist (household) altar
仏噸ふつトン
metric ton
仏屯ふつトン
metric ton
仏刹ぶっさつ
Buddhist temple
仏餉ぶっしょう
rice offered to Buddha
繡仏しゅうぶつ
embroidered Buddha

On Reading Examples

ジムは仏語と独語が自由に使える。ふつご
Jim mastered French and German.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

知らぬが仏。ほとけ
Ignorance is bliss.tatoeba
あの人は仏のような人だ。ほとけ
He is a saint of a man.tatoeba
仏の顔も三度。ほとけ
You can only go so far.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は木から仏像を彫った。
He carved a Buddhist image out of wood.tatoeba
彼は仏教からキリスト教へ改宗した。
He was converted from Buddhism to Christianity.tatoeba
彼の考えは仏教と密接に結びついていた。
What he thought was bound up with Buddhism.tatoeba
彼に忠告したところで、馬の耳に念仏だよ。
Giving advice to him is like talking to a brick wall.tatoeba

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Buddha. 亻 (person) + 厶 — a person freed from the self. Also short for France.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 仏

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