Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

819 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: Buddha, the dead, France

Kunyomi: ほとけ

Onyomi: ブツ フツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

像(ぶつぞう)   Buddhist image or statue

壇(ぶつだん)   Buddhist altar

陀(ぶっだ)   Buddha

教(ぶっきょう)   Buddhism

文(ふつぶん)   French literature

(だいぶつ)   large statue of Buddha

(しんぶつ)   (Shinto) deities and Buddhas

(ねんぶつ)   Buddhist prayer

(せきぶつ)   stone statue of Buddha

(ほとけ)   Buddha

(のどぼとけ)   Adam's apple

Onyomi Examples

ブツ Buddha, Buddhism

ブツゾウ statue of Buddha, image of Buddha, Buddhist statue, Buddhist image

セキブツ stone Buddhist image, unemotional person, taciturn person

ジョウブツ attaining Buddhahood, becoming a Buddha, entering Nirvana, going to heaven, resting in peace, dying (peacefully)

フツ France, French (language)

フツゴ French (language)

トフツ going to France

ベイフツ America and France, American-French

Kunyomi Examples

ほとけ Buddha, Shakyamuni, Buddhist image, figure of Buddha, the dead, dead person, departed soul, merciful person

ほとけがお gentle face

しんぶつ gods and Buddha, Shinto and Buddhism

吾が あがほとけ my dear, my Buddha