仏壇

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仏	壇
ぶつ Grade: 5	だん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
佛壇 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 仏 (butsu, “Buddhist image”) + 壇 (dan, “platform”).

Noun

仏(ぶつ)壇(だん) • (butsudan) 

1. family Buddhist altar

   仏壇(ぶつだん)に花(はな)を上(あ)げる

   butsudan ni hana o ageru

   offer flowers before the family Buddhist altar

References

• “仏壇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025