黄檗宗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 2
はく > ばく
Hyōgai
しゅう
Grade: 6
Alternative spelling
黃檗宗 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 黃檗山 / 黄檗山 (Huángbòshān, Mount Huangbo), a mountain in eastern Fujian Province, the site of Wanfu Temple, the home temple of the sect's founder Ingen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞ːba̠kɯ̟ɕɨː]

Proper noun

(おう)(ばく)(しゅう) • (Ōbakushū

  1. (Buddhism) Ōbaku school, one of the major sects of Zen Buddhism

See also