法華経

Japanese

Kanji in this term
法	華	経
ほう > ほ Grade: 4	け Grade: S	きょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
法華經 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Shorter form of 妙(みょう)法(ほう)蓮(れん)華(げ)経(きょう) (Myōhō Renge Kyō).[1][2]

Proper noun

法(ほ)華(け)経(きょう) • (Hoke-kyō) ^{←ほふけきやう (fofukekyau)^?} (kyūjitai 法華經)
(alternative reading hiragana ほっけきょう, rōmaji Hokke-kyō, historical hiragana ほふけきやう)

the Lotus Sutra (Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra)
Synonym: 法華 (Hoke, Hokke)

Derived terms

法華(ほけ)経(きょう)義疏(ぎしょ) (Hoke-kyō Gisho)
法華(ほけ)経(きょう)寺(じ) (Hokekyō-ji)
法華(ほっけ)宗(しゅう) (Hokke-shū)
扇面(せんめん)法華(ほけ)経(きょう) (Senmen Hoke-kyō)

References

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
“法華経”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014

[1] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[2] “法華経”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014