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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

薩摩芋さつまいも
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
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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