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佛

fó

Buddha; Buddhist

A stone statue with closed eyes on a green cliff
Memory picture

Character

佛 fó

Strokes
7
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 弗 not, negative
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 寺院修复后,正殿里的佛重新贴金,但面部仍保留了明代造像的沉静神态。 Sìyuàn xiūfù hòu, zhèngdiàn lǐ de fó chóngxīn tiējīn, dàn miànbù réng bǎoliú le Míngdài zàoxiàng de chénjìng shéntài. After the temple was restored, the Buddha in the main hall was gilded again, but its face still retained the calm expression of Ming-dynasty sculpture.
  • 博物馆里有一尊一千多年前的石佛。 Bówùguǎn lǐ yǒu yì zūn yì qiān duō nián qián de shífó. The museum has a stone Buddha over a thousand years old.
  • 山崖上刻着一尊高大的佛,游客都抬头仰望。 Shānyá shàng kè zhe yì zūn gāodà de fó, yóukè dōu tái tóu yǎngwàng. A towering Buddha is carved on the cliff, and tourists all look up at it.

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