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(ほっ)橋(きょう) • (hokkyō) 

1. (Buddhism, historical) high priest; the third-highest rank of Buddhist priest in the Japanese court
2. (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

• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN