さんごう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さんごう – see the following entry.

【三教さんきょう】 [noun] (religion, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism) the three principal philosophies originated from China: [noun] 儒(じゅ)教(きょう) (jukyō, “Confucianism”) [noun] 道(どう)教(きょう) (dōkyō, “Taoism”) [noun] 佛(ぶっ)教(きょう) (bukkyō, “Buddhism”)

(This term, さんごう (sangō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)