Word Meaning 水子地蔵

みずこじぞう mizukojizou

水子地蔵 is read as みずこじぞう (mizukojizou) and means Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

みずこじぞう

Romaji

mizukojizou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 39164 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

子安地蔵

こやすじぞう

guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)

地蔵

じぞう

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

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)

水源地

すいげんち

source (of a river, etc.)

水子供養

みずごくよう

memorial service to appease an aborted foetus

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)

武蔵野女子大学

むさしのじょしだいがく

Musashino Women's College

武蔵野女子大

むさしのじょしだい

Musashino Women's College (abbr)

お地蔵さん

おじぞうさん

Jizo (esp. statue)

武蔵女子短大

むさしじょしたんだい

Musashi Women's Junior College

地蔵顔

じぞうがお

gentle and round face