衆生

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See also: 眾生 and 众生

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 眾生 (“all living things; the masses; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 眾生).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゅ
Grade: 6
しょう > じょう
Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

(しゅ)(じょう) (shujō

  1. (Buddhism) all living creatures
  2. mankind, the people

Derived terms