
仏 - Buddha
Picture a human who goes private, retreating from public life to awaken as Buddha. It’s the shinjitai of 佛 where 弗 supplies the butsu/futsu sound, and in Japanese 仏 also abbreviates France and can gently mean ‘the departed’.
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仏 - Buddha
Index # 817
Grade 5
4 strokes
JLPT Level : N2
Readings : ブツ, ほとけ