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 (sēng, “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

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-hoat-cheng / hu̍t-hoat-chng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fófǎsēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄙㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fófǎseng
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-fa³-sêng¹
    • Yale: fwó-fǎ-sēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forfaaseng
    • Palladius: фофасэн (fofasɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-hoat-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-huat-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudhoatzefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚³²⁻⁵ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-hoat-chng
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-huat-tsng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudhoatzngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sŋ̍³³/

Noun

佛法僧

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛法僧):

• → Japanese: 仏法僧(ぶっぽうそう) (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

For pronunciation and definitions of 佛法僧 – see the following entry.

【仏法僧ぶっぽうそう】 [noun] (Buddhism) the Triple Gem or Three Jewels of Buddhism, i.e. Buddha, dharma, sangha [noun] dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) Alternative spelling ブッポウソウ

(This term, 佛法僧, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)