菩 — kanji meaning “kind of grass”
菩
kind of grass, sacred tree
- Meanings
- kind of grass, sacred tree
- On'yomi
- ボ (bo)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2086 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- pú — Chinese character page
Words with 菩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菩薩 | ぼさつ bosatsu | bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha |
| 菩提寺 | ぼだいじ bodaiji | one's family temple; temple with one's family grave |
| 菩提 | ぼだい bodai | bodhi; enlightenment |
| 菩提樹 | ぼだいじゅ bodaiju | Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree) |
| 弥勒菩薩 | みろくぼさつ mirokubosatsu | Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku |
| 大菩薩峠 | だいぼさつとうげ daibosatsutouge | The Sword of Doom (1966 film) |
| 菩提心 | ぼだいしん bodaishin | aspiration for Buddhahood |
| 普賢菩薩 | ふげんぼさつ fugenbosatsu | Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva); Fugen; Puxian |
| 勢至菩薩 | せいしぼさつ seishibosatsu | Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva) |
| 仏菩薩 | ぶつぼさつ butsubosatsu | buddhas and bodhisattvas |
| 如菩薩 | にょぼさつ nyobosatsu | being compassionate like a bodhisattva |
| 発菩提心 | ほつぼだいしん hotsubodaishin | deciding to embrace Buddhism; deciding to seek enlightenment; seeking to have religious awakening |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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