Buddhism originated in India.
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佛
Traditional: 彿 · 髴
fó
HSK 3.0 · 6
fó · fat6 (Jyutping)
fú · fat1 (Jyutping)
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Character breakdown
佛
- Meaning
- Buddha; of Buddhism; merciful person; Buddhist image; the dead (Japanese)
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿰亻弗
- Cangjie
- OLLN
- Four-corner
- 2522.7
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Example sentences
Tom studies at Harvard.
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