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

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• 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

1. (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])
• (Tokyo) ほーみょー [hóꜜòmyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːmʲo̞ː]

Noun

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

1. (Buddhism, of a monk) Buddhist name

   Antonym: 俗名 (zokumyō)