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[ev1]

Hello chinese freinds. Does these characters 佛陀 actually means "Buddha"?

[Shelley]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

 

Yes it does mean Buddha. It means some who attained Buddha status. 佛 is fó  and this means Buddha or Buddhism,  the addition of 陀 tuó indicates the attaining of Buddha status.

 

I am not an expert in Buddhism and I am sure someone may come along with a better answer.

 

Please don't consider having this as a tattoo. It will come across as if you are declaring yourself to be Buddha and not that you are a Buddhist. 

 

Hope this helps.

 

[ev1]

Thanks a lot!

 

[Publius]

Yes. Not as transparent though it may be to a modern reader, 佛 (Middle Chinse *biut, Japanese butu/buti) 陀 (Middle Chinese *da, Japanese da) is a fairly accurate transliteration of the Sanskrit word Buddha.