What is the symbol at the top of the Jizo Bosatsu page?

 

What is the symbol at the top of the Jizo Bosatsu page?

The Question

I assume there is some importance to it as it is displayed largly on this page and I have seen in other Jizo resources. However I am struggling to find out what it represents.

https://www.japanese-buddhism.com/jizo-bosatsu.html#axzz123F3kfde

Thank you 🙂

My Answer

Thank you for you question.
This symbol is simply the seed Sanskrit syllable for Jizo. Each entity of the pantheon has one his own seed syllable.
Jizo’s reads KA in Japanized Sanskrit.

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