Buddha [fó]
Buddha, a commonly used Chinese character (first-level character), is pronounced as fú. It was first seen in "The Book of Songs" [1]. Its original meaning is that one cannot see clearly, and It can be extended to meanings such as compassion. "Buddha" is also pronounced as fó, which is the word used for transliteration. It is the provincial name of Buddha in Sanskrit, which means the enlightened one. It is the name used by Buddhists for successful practitioners.
Phonetic and phonetic characters. "人(任)" expresses meaning, indicating that people cannot see things clearly; "Fú" expresses sound, meaning "there is no injustice" to make it righteous, indicating that the Buddha cannot see clearly but wants to see clearly. The original meaning is not clear. It consists of "人" and "福". The word "Buddha" has the meaning of "not". The whole word "Buddha" means "not ordinary people". It refers to a person who has perfected his practice, especially Sakyamuni. [6]
The word "Buddha" first appeared in seal script (Figure 1). Seal script pattern 1 consists of the two characters "人" and "福". Fu, a sound symbol, indicate the pronunciation. Official script and regular script inherit this style and determine the style. In the six books, it belongs to phonogram. [1]