Word Meaning 法華宗

ほっけしゅう hokkeshuu

法華宗 is read as ほっけしゅう (hokkeshuu) and means Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren).

Meaning

English

  1. Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)
  2. Tendai sect of Buddhism

Reading

Kana

ほっけしゅう

Romaji

hokkeshuu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 93333 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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法相宗

ほうそうしゅう

Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect)

法華経

ほけきょう

Lotus Sutra

法華八講

ほっけはっこう

Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

法華

ほけ

Lotus Sutra

法華神道

ほっけしんとう

Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism)

華厳宗

けごんしゅう

Kegon (sect of Buddhism)

宗教法人

しゅうきょうほうじん

religious corporation

宗教法人法

しゅうきょうほうじんほう

Religious Corporations Act

宗教法

しゅうきょうほう

religious law

宗法

しゅうほう

religious rule of a sect

宗法

そうほう

regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order

南無妙法蓮華経

なむみょうほうれんげきょう

Glory to the Sutra