地蔵

じぞう Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha

Why it means this

地 (earth) + 蔵 (a store, womb) — Jizō, the bodhisattva 'earth-store', guardian of children and travellers, whose stone statues line roadsides.

Breakdown

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