Kanji1 / 4
仏 kanji
Buddha, the dead, France
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ブツフツ
Kun readings
ほとけ
Variant forms
佛Words with 仏
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —葬式仏教funeral Buddhism; modern day Buddhism in Japan that focuses on the lucrative performing of funeral ceremonies over teaching enlightenment
- —念仏往生being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu
- —専修念仏intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)
- —阿弥陀仏Amitabha
- —蛇心仏口being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness
- —過去七仏the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
- —部派仏教early Buddhist schools; Nikaya Buddhism
- —南方仏教Southern Buddhism (as practised in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia)
- —北方仏教Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)
- —西仏法僧European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)
- —仏教音楽Buddhist music
- —仏教絵画Buddhist painting
- —仏教美術Buddhist art
- —仏光寺派Bukkōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
- —狗子仏性the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")
- —見仏聞法seeing Buddha and hearing his teachings
- —神仏習合Shinto-Buddhist syncretism
- —三世諸仏all Buddhas of past, present and future
- —仏教思想Buddhist thought; Buddhist concept
- —神仏隔離separation of Buddhism and Shintoism