佛

See also: 仏

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

佛 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人中中弓 (OLLN), four-corner 2522₇, composition ⿰亻弗)

1. Buddha
2. of Buddhism
3. merciful person
4. Buddhist image

References

• KangXi: page 99, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 517
• Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 140, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4F5B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

佛 (Jyutping bat6, fat1, fat6, Yale bat6, fat1, fat6)

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Japanese

Kanji

佛

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 仏)

Readings

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

Compounds

• 佛陀 (ぶっだ, budda, “Buddha”)
• 佛意 (ぶつい, butsui / ぶっち, bucchi, “compassionate intent”)
• 佛印 (ふついん, futsuin, “French Indochina”)

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of ateji term 佛蘭西 (ふらんす, Furansu, “France”).

Proper noun

佛 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 仏, hiragana ふつ, romaji Futsu)

1. France.

Etymology 2

From Sinitic 佛陀 (Fó​tuó), itself from Sanskrit Buddha.

Noun

佛 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 仏, hiragana ぶつ, romaji butsu)

1. Buddhism.

Proper noun

佛 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 仏, hiragana ぶつ, romaji Butsu)

1. Abbreviation of 佛陀 (ぶっだ, Budda, “Buddha”).

Etymology 3

ほとけ (hotoke): hoto from Sinitic 佛陀 (Fó​tuó), itself from Sanskrit Buddha; ke probably the suffix 気 (ke), possibly added to signify mystical or visible.

Noun

佛 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 仏, hiragana ほとけ, romaji hotoke)

1. A Buddha: an enlightened or awakened sentient being.
2. A statue or image of any Buddha.
3. The deceased, a departed soul.
4. A term that a parent calls a child expressing parental affection: "my dear".
   • c. 890: Taketori Monogatari (page 7)

     「我子の佛、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)

     「あが佛、何事思ひたまふぞ。おぼすらんこと、何事ぞ」

Proper noun

佛 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 仏, hiragana ほとけ, romaji Hotoke)

1. Śākyamuni Buddha, Nepalese spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism; Siddhartha Gautama.
2. Any of the other Buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures.

References

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

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Korean

Hanja

佛 (hangeul 불, 필 (bul, pil), revised bul, pil, McCune-Reischauer pul, p'il)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

佛 (Pinyin fó (fo2), fú (fu2), Wade-Giles fo², fu²)

1. Buddha

Compounds

佛得角 佛灯 佛殿 佛法 佛法僧 佛光 佛号 佛教 (fójiào) 佛经

佛龛 佛门 佛事 佛手 佛寺 佛塔 佛堂 佛头着粪 佛陀

佛像 (fóxiàng) 佛学 (fóxué) 佛牙 佛眼相看 佛爷 佛珠 佛祖 佛手瓜 (fóshǒuguā)

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Vietnamese

Han character

佛 (phật, phất)

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References

• Nom Foundation