釋迦牟尼佛 shì jiā móu ní 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)
牟 móu
to seek or obtain; surname Mou; to moo
尼 ní
(often used in phonetic spellings); Buddhist nun
佛 fó HSK 5
seemingly; (female) head ornament; variant of 彿fú