Hanja Analyzer
仏

仏 — bul

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
부처 불
Romanization
bul
English
Buddha
Mandarin
fó
Japanese on'yomi
ブツ, フツ, ホツ, ヒツ, ボツ
Japanese kun'yomi
ほとけ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#819 of 2,500
Strokes
4
Variant forms
佛
Radical
人 (9, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+4ECF

Parts that make up 仏

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 厶 사사 사 팔을 안으로 굽힌 모양제 것으로 감싸는 것. 소리로도 쓴다

How 仏 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 仏 as a ideographic compound involving 人, 厶.

Japanese words with 仏

  • 仏教ぶっきょう Buddhism
  • 仏語ふつご French (language)
  • 仏像ぶつぞう statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue
  • 仏文ふつぶん French; French writing; French literature
  • 仏壇ぶつだん Buddhist (household) altar
  • 大仏だいぶつ large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
  • 念仏ねんぶつ nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha
  • 石仏せきぶつ stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
  • 渡仏とふつ going to France
  • 仏領ふつりょう French possession; French territory
  • 神仏しんぶつ gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
  • 仏学ぶつがく Buddhist studies; Buddhology

Other hanja read “불”

不 乀 佛 冹 刜 咈 岪 巿 弗 彿 払 拂 祓 笰 紱 紼 艴 芾 茀 韍 髴 黻

Other hanja with radical 人

人 亽 亾 什 仁 仂 仄 仆 仇 今 介 仍 从 仒 仔 仕 他 仗 付 仙 仚 仛 仝 仞 仟 仡 仢 代 令 以 仭 仮 仰 仲 仳 仵 件 价 任 份 仿 伀 企 伃 伅 伇 伈 伉 伊 伋 伍 伎 伏 伐 休 伙 会 伜 伝 伣

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