Word Meaning 祖師西来

そしせいらい soshiseirai

祖師西来 is read as そしせいらい (soshiseirai) and means the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China.

Meaning

English

the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China

Reading

Kana

そしせいらい

Romaji

soshiseirai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 106754 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

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祖先伝来

そせんでんらい

hereditary

祖師

そし

founder of a sect

先祖伝来

せんぞでんらい

inherited

父祖伝来

ふそでんらい

hereditary

祖師禅

そしぜん

Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma

薬師如来

やくしにょらい

Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)

御祖師様

おそしさま

the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)

西北師範大学

にしきたしはんだいがく

Northwest Normal University

広西師範大学

こうせいしはんだいがく

Guangxi Normal University

馬来西亜

まれーしあ

Malaysia

祖父

そぶ

grandfather

祖母

うば

grandmother