善財童子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
善 財 童 子
ぜん
Grade: 6
ざい
Grade: 5
どう
Grade: 3
し > じ
Grade: 1
goon kan’yōon on’yomi

Etymology

Literary Chinese 善財童子 (literally “Boy of Good Wealth”), from Sanskrit सुधनकुमार (sudhanakumāra)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡zẽ̞nd͡za̠i do̞ːʑi]

Proper noun

善(ぜん)財(ざい)童(どう)子(じ) • (Zenzai Dōji) 

  1. Sudhana (main character of the 華厳経 (Kegonkyō, “Avatamsaka Sutra”), who acquired 善知識 (zenchishiki, “kalyāṇa-mittatā”, literally “good companionship”) from 53 bodhisattva from 文殊 (Monju, “Manjushri”) to 普賢 (Fugen, “Samantabhadra”))

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