Hotei
English
Etymology
From Japanese 布袋 (Hotei), from Middle Chinese 布袋 (pù-dòj "cloth sack") (compare Mandarin Bùdài 布袋, Vietnamese Bố Đại), by metonymy "Man with the cloth sack", the "Laughing Buddha" figure associated with the Maitreya Buddha.
Proper noun
Hotei
- (mythology, Shinto) The Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck.
Anagrams
- ethoi
Japanese
Romanization
Hotei
- Rōmaji transcription of ほてい