Word Meaning 笑仏

わらいぼとけ waraibotoke

笑仏 is read as わらいぼとけ (waraibotoke) and means smiling Buddha (statue).

Meaning

English

smiling Buddha (statue)
laughing Buddha

Reading

Kana

わらいぼとけ

Romaji

waraibotoke

Writing Variants

笑い仏 わらいぼとけ waraibotoke

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 122669 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

笑い上戸

わらいじょうご

merry drinker

笑門福来

しょうもんふくらい

good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile

笑門来福

しょうもんらいふく

good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile

笑う門には福来る

わらうかどにはふくきたる

laugh and grow fat

笑門

しょうもん

(good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile

笑劇

しょうげき

(theatrical) farce

石仏

せきぶつ

stone Buddhist image

大仏

だいぶつ

large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)

神仏

しんぶつ

Shinto and Buddhism

念仏

ねんぶつ

visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

仏

ほとけ

merciful person

渡仏

とふつ

going to France