仏

Glyph origin
Used since. To avoid using the character 佛, is used instead; the character is, where 厶 is a variant form of 某.

Etymology 1
→ * → →

From, most likely from , hence related to modern 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; see the Proto-Korean entry for more. The word was presumably disseminated by the people of southwestern Korea, who first introduced Buddhism to Japan. The first two syllables are ultimately from, via  or some similar Sinitic form. Thomas Pellard speculates that the final element is an ancient Koreanic word for "king; lord".

The more traditional explanation still given in Japanese dictionaries is that the final ke element might be the Chinese-derived suffix, but a Koreanic explanation is more plausible.

First attested in the  of 720.

Noun

 * 1)  a buddha
 * 2)  a statue or image of any buddha
 * 3) a departed soul, deceased
 * 4)  a term that a parent calls a child expressing parental affection, equivalent to “my dear”
 * 5) * c. 890,  (page 7)
 * 6) * c. 890, Taketori Monogatari (page 61)
 * 7)  Buddhism
 * 8)  performing a Buddhist memorial service
 * 1)  Buddhism
 * 2)  performing a Buddhist memorial service
 * 1)  performing a Buddhist memorial service

Proper noun

 * 1)  the Sakyamuni Buddha, Nepalese spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism: Siddhartha Gautama
 * 2)  any of the other buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures
 * 1)  any of the other buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures

Etymology 2
From, shortened from , itself a transliteration of.

Noun

 * 1)  Buddhism

Proper noun

 * : Buddha

Affix

 * 1) Buddha
 * 2)  Buddhism
 * 3)  Buddhist image

Etymology 3
Short form of ateji spelling.

Affix

 * 1)  France

Etymology 1
Cognate with standard 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * ふ ( - [0])

Noun

 * 1) a buddha
 * 2) a Buddhist image or statue
 * 3)  a kindhearted person

Etymology 2
From.

Cognate with standard 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * ぶ ( - [0])

Proper noun

 * 1) Buddha