ぼう
坊
ず
主
まる
丸
もう
儲
　
け

expression

Proverb.
  1. monks make pure profit, monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ぼう
坊
ず
主
まる
丸
もう
儲
　
け
 坊主丸儲け ぼうずまるもうけ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

boy, priest's residence, priest
ボウ　ボッ (7th)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ　かた　なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン　マン　よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
round, full (month), perfection
まる　ガン　ま (2nd, N2)
nine
キュウ　ク　ここの (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
be profitable, yield profit
もう.ける　チョ　もうけ (Kentei Pre-1)
human radical (no. 9)
various, many, several
ショ　もろ (6th, N2)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
someone, person
シャ　もの (3rd, N4)
variant of radical 125
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)