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
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.
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