仏 – Buddha, the dead, France

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The kanji 仏 means Buddha, the dead, France. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ブツ、フツ (butsu, futsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほとけ (hotoke). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ブツ	butsu
On’yomi	フツ	futsu
Kun’yomi	ほとけ	hotoke

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・厶.

Words using 仏

仏ほとけBuddha仏像ぶつぞうstatue of Buddha

Example sentences

あの人は仏のような人だ。

He is a saint of a man.

Tatoeba #230707

この仏像の年代は正確に推定することができない。

This Buddhist image cannot be dated exactly.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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