Chinese symbol for “bodhisattva”
菩萨
pú sà
Traditional: 菩薩
(Buddhism) bodhisattva
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bodhisattva is 菩萨 (pú sà), defined as: (Buddhism) bodhisattva.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 菩萨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菩提 | pú tí | bodhi (Sanskrit); enlightenment (Buddhism) |
| 菩提树 (菩提樹) | pú tí shù | peepul (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; sacred fig |
| 活菩萨 (活菩薩) | huó pú sà | a living Buddha; fig. compassionate person |
| 泥菩萨 (泥菩薩) | ní pú sà | clay Bodhisattva |
| 披萨 (披薩) | pī sà | (loanword) pizza |
| 比萨 (比薩) | bǐ sà | (loanword) pizza |
| 萨斯 (薩斯) | sà sī | SARS; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| 比萨饼 (比薩餅) | bǐ sà bǐng | pizza (loanword); 张 (zhāng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bodhisattva”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.