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
- Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)
- Ksitigarbha
- Jizō
Reading
Kana
じぞう
Romaji
jizou
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
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1借りる時の地蔵顔、返す時の閻魔顔。
One is happy when borrowing something, but upset when the time comes to return it.