Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged; the Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2], Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")
trad. 釋迦
Also written 釋迦【Shì jiā】
Characters in this word
2释
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to explain, to release, Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]), Buddhism
- Pinyin
- shì
- Traditional
- 釋
- Strokes
- 12
迦
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(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
- Pinyin
- jiā
- Strokes
- 8