Kanji
薩
kanji character
salvation
Buddha
薩 kanji-薩 salvation, Buddha
薩
Meaning
salvation and Buddha
Readings
On'yomi
- さつ まいも sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
- ぼ さつ bodhisattva
- さつ ま Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)
- さち
Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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薩 摩 芋 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) -
菩 薩 bodhisattva, one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha, High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)... -
薩 長 Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance) -
薩 埵 sattva (sentient beings), bodhisattva, Vajrasattva -
薩 摩 Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) -
拉 薩 Lhasa (China) -
薩 摩 焼 Satsuma porcelain -
薩 摩 閥 Satsuma clan -
薩 摩 汁 miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes... -
薩 婆 訶 svāhā, well said, so be it -
薩 摩 の守 traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling) -
薩 摩 揚 げsatsuma-age, deep-fried ball of fish paste -
如 菩 薩 Buddha-like compassion -
仏 菩 薩 buddhas and bodhisattvas -
薩 英 戦 争 Anglo-Satsuma War (1863), Bombardment of Kagoshima -
薩 摩 琵 琶 Satsuma biwa, Satsuma lute -
薩 長 同 盟 Satchō Alliance, 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū -
菩 薩 揚 ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period) -
薩 摩 スティックsweet potato fries -
弥 勒 菩 薩 Maitreya (Bodhisattva), Miroku -
普 賢 菩 薩 Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva), Fugen, Puxian -
地 蔵 菩 薩 Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld), Ksitigarbha... -
多 羅 菩 薩 Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara) -
勢 至 菩 薩 Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva) -
文 殊 菩 薩 Manjusri (Bodhisattva), Monju, Monjushuri... -
月 光 菩 薩 Candraprabha (bodhisattva) -
日 光 菩 薩 Suryaprabha (bodhisattva) -
妙 見 菩 薩 Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper) -
薬 王 菩 薩 Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva) -
観 音 菩 薩 Kannon (Bodhisattva), Kwannon, Goddess of Mercy...