仏

• 読み: ほとけ
• ローマ字: hotoke
• 漢字の分解: 仏 (butsu/futsu/hotoke) — Buddha, France (abbreviation)
• 発音: /ho.to.ke/

意味

Buddha; an enlightened being in Buddhism. Also refers to a deceased person.

A noun with multiple readings depending on context. As ほとけ (hotoke), it means Buddha or a deceased person. In compounds, read ぶつ (butsu): 仏教 (bukkyō, Buddhism), 仏像 (butsuzō, statue of Buddha). Also read ふつ (futsu) as an abbreviation for France: 仏語 (futsugo, French). The proverb 仏の顔も三度 (hotoke no kao mo sando) means even Buddha loses patience after three times.

例文

1. お寺で大きな仏の像を見た。
2. 祖母は毎朝仏に手を合わせている。
3. 仏の教えは多くの人の心を救ってきた。

使い方ガイド

場面: religion, temples, funerals

トーン: reverent

起源と歴史

From Sanskrit 'Buddha' (the awakened one), transmitted via Chinese 佛陀. The simplified character 仏 replaced the traditional 佛 in modern Japanese.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal