Chinese symbol for “dana”

布施

bù shī

Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dana is 布施 (bù shī), defined as: Dana (Buddhist practice of giving).

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Characters and stroke order

布 bù

cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread

radical 50 ⼱ · 5 strokes

施 shī

to grant, to bestow; to act; surname

radical 70 ⽅ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 布施.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
发布 (發佈)	fā bù	variant of 发布 (fā bù)
宣布 (宣佈)	xuān bù	variant of 宣布 (xuān bù)
公布 (公佈)	gōng bù	variant of 公布 (gōng bù)
实施 (實施)	shí shī	to implement; to carry out
措施	cuò shī	measure; step
设施 (設施)	shè shī	facilities; installation
施工	shī gōng	construction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
施行	shī xíng	to put in place; to put into practice

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.