即心是佛

即心是佛 in English

jí xīn shì fó: (idiom) In Chan Buddhism, one can attain awakening and become a Buddha by seeking within one’s own mind.

Character breakdown

即 jí namely
心 xīn heart
是昰 shì to be (followed by substantives only)
佛 fó Buddha

Stroke order

Le caractère 即 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 即

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 心 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 心

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 是 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 是

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 佛 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 佛

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

即

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 16 forms

心

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
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是

Bronze script 西周中期
Clerical script 東漢
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佛

Small seal script
Clerical script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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