释迦牟尼佛

shì jiā móu ní fó

Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)

Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism

释

shì

to explain

迦

jiā

(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)

牟

móu

barley

尼

ní

(often used in phonetic spellings)

佛

fó

Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])