釋迦牟尼佛 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 释迦牟尼佛 shìjiāmóunífó ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄇㄡˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄈㄛˊ Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism Character by character 釋(shì)explain 迦(jiā)(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms) 牟(móu)surname Mou 尼(ní)Buddhist nun 佛(fó)Buddha A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0