The kanji 仏: meaning, readings and stroke order

仏

Meaning: Buddha
On reading: ブツ butsu
Kun reading: ほとけ hotoke
Strokes: 4
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 5 · grade 5
Old form: 佛

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: Phật, tượng Phật (phật)
Japanese: ほとけさま。
Korean: 부처 (불)
Chinese: 佛、佛像 (佛)

Readings, words and example sentences

ブツ butsu · on reading

仏ぶっ教きょう
Buddhism
仏ぶっ教きょうが伝わった道を調べます。
I learn about the route Buddhism took to reach Japan.

ほとけ hotoke · kun reading

仏ほとけ
Buddha, statue of Buddha
お寺の 仏ほとけをおがみます。
I pray to the Buddha at the temple.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.