Hotei

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Japanese 布袋 (Hotei), from Middle Chinese 布袋 (MC puH dojH, “cloth sack”) (compare Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài), Vietnamese Bố Đại), by metonymy "Man with the cloth sack", the "Laughing Buddha" figure associated with the Maitreya Buddha.

Proper noun[edit]

Hotei

  1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck.

Anagrams[edit]

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Romanization[edit]

Hotei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほてい
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