佛法僧

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	monk
simp. and trad. (佛法僧)		佛	法	僧

Etymology

From 佛 (“Buddha”) +‎ 法 (“dharma”) +‎ 僧 (“sangha”), representing the Three Jewels of Buddhism.

The bird name is borrowed from Japanese 仏法僧.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fófǎsēng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄙㄥ
Min Nan (POJ): hu̍t-hoat-cheng / hu̍t-hoat-chng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fófǎsēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄙㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forfaaseng
  - IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-hoat-cheng
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-huat-tsing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudhoatzefng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-hoat-chng
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-huat-tsng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudhoatzngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sŋ̍³³/

Noun

佛法僧

Three Jewels or Triple Gem (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha)
oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛法僧):

→ Japanese: 仏 (ぶっ)法 (ぽう)僧 (そう) (buppōsō)
→ Korean: 불법승 (佛法僧, bulbeopseung)
→ Vietnamese: phật pháp tăng (佛法僧)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佛	法	僧
ぶつ > ぶっ Jinmeiyō	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4	そう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

佛法僧 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 仏法僧, hiragana ぶっぽうそう, katakana ブッポウソウ, rōmaji buppōsō)

Kyūjitai form of 仏法僧

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