仏像

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仏	像
ぶつ Grade: 5	ぞう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
佛像 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 仏(ぶつ) (butsu, “Buddha”) + 像(ぞう) (zō, “image”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶつぞー [bùtsúzóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟t͡sɨzo̞ː]

Noun

仏(ぶつ)像(ぞう) • (butsuzō) ^{←ぶつざう (butuzau)^?}

image of Buddha
Buddhist statue

Derived terms

仏(ぶつ)像(ぞう)二(に)座(ざ) (butsuzō-niza, “two images of Buddha”)
仏(ぶつ)像(ぞう)二(に)体(たい) (butsuzō-nitai, “two images of Buddha”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN