Hotei

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck.

Origin

• From Japanese 布袋, from Middle Chinese 布袋 (pù-dòj "cloth sack") (compare Mandarin Bùdài 布袋, Vietnamese Bố Đại), by metonymy "Man with the cloth sack", the "Laughing Buddha" figure associated with the Maitreya Buddha.