Rarely pictured outside China, the bergamot, or "Buddha's hand," was named for its peculiar shape. By a play on the Chinese words for Buddha, fo, and fortune, fu, it came to symbolize good luck.
由於它的形狀類似佛、菩薩像常見的手姿，因而得名；更因「佛」與「福」音近，所以佛手柑也就成為福的象徵物了。