Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
Buddha, the dead, France
Kun:
ほとけ
On:
ブツフツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
819 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 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

Kun reading compounds

  • 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

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fo2, fu2
Korean:
bul

Spanish

  • Buda
  • Francia
  • muerto
  • difunto

Portuguese

  • Buddha
  • o morto
  • França

French

  • Bouddha
  • France
  • défunt
711 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
805 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
784 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
678 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
351 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
249 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
300 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
128 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
583 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
592 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
416 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
57 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
20 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
10 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
10 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
973 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
364 Morohashi
19 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
111 New Nelson (John Haig)
964 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1037 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
644 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2171 2001 Kanji
2a2.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2223.0 Four corner code
1-42-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ecf Unicode hex code

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Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nie4
Korean:
nyeol, nal

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2564 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
17521 Morohashi
3148 New Nelson (John Haig)
2331 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2421 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a7.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3611.4 Four corner code
1-62-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d85 Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 涅槃 【ネハン】 nirvana, supreme enlightenment, death, death of Buddha
  • 般涅槃 【ハツネハン】 parinirvana, final release from the cycle of karma and rebirth

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pan2
Korean:
ban

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2327 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
15303 Morohashi
2805 New Nelson (John Haig)
2522 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2582 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a10.30 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-4 SKIP code
2790.4 Four corner code
1-60-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
69c3 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1882 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 忌 【キ】 mourning, mourning period, anniversary of one's death
  • 忌避 【キヒ】 evasion, avoidance, shirking, recusation (of a judge), taking exception (to a judge), challenge
  • 回忌 【カイキ】 death anniversary, anniversary of a person's death
  • 七回忌 【シチカイキ】 sixth anniversary of a death

Kun reading compounds

  • 忌む 【いむ】 to avoid, to refrain from, to shun, to detest
  • 忌むべき 【いむべき】 abominable, detestable
  • 忌み 【いみ】 mourning, abstinence, taboo, religious purification, pure, holy
  • 忌み明け 【いみあけ】 end of mourning
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 物忌み 【ものいみ】 purification through fasting and abstinence, confinement to one's house on inauspicious days to avoid misfortune (Onmyōdō practice)
  • 忌まわしい 【いまわしい】 abhorrent, abominable, detestable, disgusting, horrid, repugnant, ominous, inauspicious, unlucky

Readings

Japanese names:
いまわ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • aborrecer
  • detestar
  • luto

Portuguese

  • luto
  • odiar
  • detestável
  • aniversário de morte

French

  • deuil
  • détester
  • répugnant
  • anniversaire du décès
1122 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1819 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1463 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1522 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1287 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
462 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1797 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1935 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1697 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
769 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2735 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1401 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
606 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10310 Morohashi
2207 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1786 New Nelson (John Haig)
599 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
644 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1121 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3558 2001 Kanji
4k3.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
1733.1 Four corner code
1-20-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fcc Unicode hex code