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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: 亻 厶

仏

Radical

Radical: 人

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

仏像(ぶつぞう)   Buddhist image or statue

仏壇(ぶつだん)   Buddhist altar

仏陀(ぶっだ)   Buddha

仏教(ぶっきょう)   Buddhism

仏文(ふつぶん)   French literature

大仏(だいぶつ)   large statue of Buddha

神仏(しんぶつ)   (Shinto) deities and Buddhas

念仏(ねんぶつ)   Buddhist prayer

石仏(せきぶつ)   stone statue of Buddha

仏(ほとけ)   Buddha

喉仏(のどぼとけ)   Adam's apple

Onyomi Examples

仏 (ブツ) Buddha, Buddhism

仏像 (ブツゾウ) statue of Buddha, image of Buddha, Buddhist statue, Buddhist image

石仏 (セキブツ) stone Buddhist image, unemotional person, taciturn person

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

仏 (フツ) France

仏語 (フツゴ) French (language)

渡仏 (トフツ) going to France

滞仏 (タイフツ) staying in France

Kunyomi Examples

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

仏顔 (ほとけがお) gentle face

神仏 (しんぶつ) gods and Buddha, Shinto and Buddhism

吾が仏 (あがほとけ) my dear, my Buddha

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