仏

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Japanese 2.1 Noun 2.2 Kanji 2.2.1 Readings 2.2.2 Compounds 2.3 References

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

see 佛

[edit] Han character

仏 (radical 9 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人戈 (OI), X人戈 (XOI))

1. Buddha

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 92, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 364
• Dae Jaweon: page 195, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 110, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4ECF

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

仏 (hiragana ほとけ, romaji hotoke)

1. Buddha
2. Buddhist image
3. the deceased, departed soul
4. a term that a parent calls a child expressing parental affection; my dear
   • c. 890: Taketori Monogatari (page 7)

   「我子の仏、変化の人と申ながら、こゝら大きさまでやしなひたてまつる心ざし、をろかならず。 [...]」

   • c. 890: Taketori Monogatari (page 61)

   「あが仏、何事思ひたまふぞ。おぼすらんこと、何事ぞ」

[edit] Kanji

仏 (grade 5 kanji)

1. Buddha
2. France (from 仏蘭西)

[edit] Readings

• On: ぶつ (butsu), ふつ (futsu)
• Kun: ほとけ (hotoke)

[edit] Compounds

仏教 (bukkyō): Buddhism 仏像 (butsuzō): Buddhist image 仏壇 (butsudan): household Buddhist altar 仏陀 (budda): Buddha 仏様 (hotokesama): Buddha, deceased person 仏語 (futsugo): French language 仏文 (futsubun): French literature 仏印 (futsuin): French Indochina 仏文学 (futsubungaku): French literature

仏英辞典 (futsuei jiten): French-English dictionary 石仏 (sekibutsu): stone Buddhist image 大仏 (daibutsu): large statue of Buddha 念仏 (nenbutsu): Buddhist prayer 神仏 (shinbutsu): gods and Buddha 日仏 (nichifutsu): Japan and France 仏典 (butten): Buddhist scriptures, sutras 廃仏毀釈 (haibutsu kishaku): anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era

[edit] References

• Horiuchi, Hideaki; Ken Akiyama (1997). Taketori Monogatari , Ise Monogatari. Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-240017-4.