釋迦佛 shì jiā fó

Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)
  2. 2. Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism

Characters

Character Meaning
釋 shì
to explain; Buddhism; to release
迦 jiā
(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
佛 fó HSK 5
seemingly; (female) head ornament; variant of 彿fú