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鬼手仏心

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 鬼手仏心.

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Entry

鬼手仏心きしゅぶっしんExpression四字熟語
1

compassionate ruthlessness; merciless scalpel of a merciful surgeon; a demon's hand and a Buddha's heart

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

ghost, devil

10 strokesFrequency 1,557JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

おにおに-

hand

4 strokesFrequency 60JLPT N4Grade 1

On

シュ

Kun

て--てた-

Buddha, the dead, France

4 strokesFrequency 819JLPT N2Grade 5

On

ブツフツ

Kun

ほとけ

heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

4 strokesFrequency 157JLPT N3Grade 2

On

シン

Kun

こころ-ごころ

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