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Hotei
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English
Etymology
From en ja 布袋 Hotei, from en ltc - 布袋 cloth sack (compare cmn ^布袋, vi Bố Đại), by metonymy "Man with the cloth sack", the "Laughing Buddha" figure associated with the Maitreya Buddha.
Proper noun
en Japanese god Shinto The Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck.
Anagrams
en ehiot ethoi Ethio-
Japanese
Romanization
ほてい