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Buddha

HSK 6
Society →Religion
fú
ブツ、フツ
ほとけ
불, 필
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 弗 represents the sound.
Components
亻 person (side)+ 弗 negative =
佛 Buddha
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
弗 Phonetic component
fú negative
not, negative
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
佛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
佛 [Fó]
Buddha; Buddhism
Japanese
仏 ふつ 同音
noun abbrev. France
仏 ぶつ 同音

noun

  1. abbrev. Buddha
  2. abbrev. Buddhism
仏 、 佛 (old) ほとけ 同音

noun

  1. Buddha; Shakyamuni
  2. Buddhist image; figure of Buddha
  3. the dead; dead person; departed soul (also written as ホトケ)
  4. merciful person
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
あの人は仏のような人だ。
He is a saint of a man.
Japanese Names
佛 ぶつさき
Butsusaki surname
佛 ほとけ
Hotoke surname
CHINESE WORDS (199)
仿佛 [fǎng​fú] #5,364
variant of 彷彿|仿佛[fǎng​fú]
哈佛 [Hā​fó] #4,807
Harvard
佛罗里达 [Fú​luó​lǐ​dá] #4,262
Florida
佛罗里达 [Fú​luó​lǐ​dá] #4,262
Florida
佛教 [Fó​jiào] #17,944
Buddhism
佛山 [Fó​shān] #7,745
Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong
丹佛 [Dān​fó] #6,897
Denver, Colorado
阿弥陀佛 [E​mí​tuó​Fó] #25,729
Amitabha Buddha
佛罗里达州 [Fó​luó​lǐ​dá​zhōu] #11,613
Florida
佛罗里达州 [Fó​luó​lǐ​dá​zhōu] #11,613
Florida
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JAPANESE WORDS (17)
⭐ 仏教 [ぶっきょう] #16,603
Buddhism
⭐ 仏像 [ぶつぞう] #23,873
statue of Buddha
南無阿弥陀仏 [なむあみだぶつ] #40,207
Namu Amida Butsu
⭐ 仏蘭西 [フランス] #42,870
France
仏陀 [ブッダ] #59,003
Buddha
仏国 [ふっこく] #68,873
France
持仏堂 [じぶつどう] #110,347
hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept
胎内仏 [たいないぶつ] #225,550
small Buddhist image inside another Buddhist image
佛教大学 [ぶっきょうだいがく] #271,290
Bukkyo University
写仏 [しゃぶつ] #294,236
tracing a picture of a Buddhist image
7 more items
KOREAN WORDS (6)
불어 #5,636
French
불란서
France
불상
Buddhist image; Buddhist statue
석불
stone Buddha; statue of Buddha
성불
attaining Buddhahood
염불
prayer to Buddha; Buddhist invocation