Hotei

English

Etymology

From Japanese 布袋 (Hotei), from Middle Chinese 布袋 (MC puH dojH, “cloth sack”) (compare Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài), Vietnamese Bố Đại), by metonymy "Man with the cloth sack", the "Laughing Buddha" figure associated with the Maitreya Buddha.

Proper noun

Hotei

1. (Japanese 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, Ethio-

Japanese

Romanization

Hotei

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほてい