Japanese symbol for “buddhist”
仏教徒
ぶっきょうと
Romaji: bukkyouto
Buddhist
In Japanese, buddhist is 仏教徒, read ぶっきょうと (bukkyouto).
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Meanings
- n Buddhist
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “buddhist”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仏弟子 | ぶつでし butsudeshi | Buddhist |
| 仏子 | ぶっし busshi | follower of the Buddha; Buddhist |
| 仏者 | ぶっしゃ bussha | Buddhist; Buddhist priest |
| 仏徒 | ぶっと butto | Buddhist |
| 仏教家 | ぶっきょうか bukkyouka | Buddhist; researcher of Buddhism |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仏教 | ぶっきょう bukkyou | Buddhism |
| 仏像 | ぶつぞう butsuzou | statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue |
| 大仏 | だいぶつ daibutsu | large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high) |
| 念仏 | ねんぶつ nenbutsu | nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha |
| 仏壇 | ぶつだん butsudan | Buddhist (household) altar |
| 石仏 | せきぶつ sekibutsu | stone Buddhist image |
| 教育 | きょういく kyouiku | education; schooling; training |
| 教え | おしえ oshie | teaching; instruction; teachings |
| 生徒 | せいと seito | pupil; student; schoolchild |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.