法橋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
法	橋
ほっ Grade: 4	きょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ho̞k̚ʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

法橋(ほっきょう) • (hokkyō)

(Buddhism, historical) high priest; the third-highest rank of Buddhist priest in the Japanese court
(Buddhism, archaic) a title of respect for a doctor, poet, painter or sculptor

Related terms

法眼(ほうげん) (hōgen, “second-highest priestly rank”)

References

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

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