法名

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (法名)		法	名
simp. ^#(法名)		法	名

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ ming⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎmíng
  - Wade–Giles: fa³-ming²
  - Yale: fǎ-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faaming
  - Palladius: фамин (famin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: faat³ ming⁴
  - Yale: faat mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ mɪŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
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Noun

法名

(Buddhism, Taoism) religious name

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法名):

→ Japanese: 法名(ほうみょう) (hōmyō)
→ Korean: 법명(法名) (beommyeong)
→ Vietnamese: pháp danh (法名)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “法名” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
法	名
ほう Grade: 4	みょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーみょー [hòómyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) ほーみょー [hóꜜòmyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːmʲo̞ː]

Noun

法(ほう)名(みょう) • (hōmyō) ^{←ほふみやう (fofumyau)^?}

(Buddhism, of a monk) Buddhist name
Antonym: 俗名 (zokumyō)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN