七福神

Japanese

Kanji in this term
七	福	神
しち Grade: 1	ふく Grade: 3	じん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
七福神 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

七(しち)福(ふく)神(じん) • (Shichi Fukujin)

(Shinto, Buddhism) the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Hyponyms

布袋(ほてい) (Hotei, “Hotei”)
寿老人(じゅろうじん) (Jurōjin, “Jurōjin”)
福禄寿(ふくろくじゅ) (Fukurokuju, “Fukurokuju”)
大黒(だいこく) (Daikoku, “Daikoku”) / 大黒天(だいこくてん) (Daikokuten, “Daikokuten”)
毘沙門(びしゃもん) (Bishamon, “Bishamon”) / 毘沙門天(びしゃもんてん) (Bishamonten, “Bishamonten”)
恵比須(えびす) (Ebisu) / 恵比寿(えびす) (Ebisu) / 夷(えびす) (Ebisu) / 戎(えびす) (Ebisu, “Ebisu”)
弁才天(べんざいてん) (Benzaiten) / 弁財天(べんざいてん) (Benzaiten, “Benzaiten”)
吉祥天(きっしょうてん) (Kisshōten, “Kisshōten”)

Further reading

七福神 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Seven Lucky Gods on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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