noun

  1. Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travelers and the underworld), Ksitigarbha, Jizo.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
地蔵菩薩 じぞうぼさつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ground, earth
チ ジ どま (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
to be (classical)
ヤ なり エ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
to squint, what? huh? (Cant.)
バ メ やぶにらみ
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
storehouse, hide, own
くら ゾウ くろう (6th, N2)
overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant
しげ.る モ うむさ (7th, N1)
grass(⾋) variant
5th calendar sign
つちのえ ボ ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
retainer, subject
シン とみ おみ (4th, N2)
kind of grass, sacred tree
 (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
to spit out
トウ
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
salvation, Buddha
サツ さっ サチ (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
products, bear, give birth
サン う.む うぶ- (4th, N3)
give birth, bring forth, produce
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)