Word Meaning 地蔵尊

じぞうそん jizouson

地蔵尊 is read as じぞうそん (jizouson) and means Jizo (guardian deity of children).

Meaning

English

  1. Jizo (guardian deity of children)
  2. (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva

Reading

Kana

じぞうそん

Romaji

jizouson

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 93721 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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地蔵

じぞう

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

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)

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)

お地蔵さん

おじぞうさん

Jizo (esp. statue)

石地蔵

いしじぞう

stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads)

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)