Word Meaning 地蔵

じぞう jizou

地蔵 is read as じぞう (jizou) and means Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld).

Meaning

English

  1. Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)
  2. Ksitigarbha
  3. Jizō

Reading

Kana

じぞう

Romaji

jizou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 13316 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

地蔵顔

じぞうがお

gentle and round face

地蔵堂

じぞうどう

temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) image

地蔵尊

じぞうそん

Jizo (guardian deity of children)

子安地蔵

こやすじぞう

guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)

水子地蔵

みずこじぞう

Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses)

六地蔵

ろくじぞう

the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)

石地蔵

いしじぞう

stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads)

地蔵盆

じぞうぼん

Jizo Festival

地蔵菩薩本願経

じぞうぼさつほんがんきょう

Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

地蔵菩薩

じぞうぼさつ

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)

愚痴聞き地蔵

ぐちききじぞう

Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)

お地蔵さん

おじぞうさん

Jizo (esp. statue)