法号

法號
fǎhào
name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery)

CEDICT

  1. (Buddhism) Buddhist monastic title
  2. Buddhist monastic title

Wiktionary

佛教、道教的信徒受戒时，由师所授的名号。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 法 fǎ variant of 法 fǎ
=1 法 fǎ
  1. law
  2. method
  3. way
  4. to emulate
  5. (Buddhism) dharma
  6. (abbr. for 法家 Fǎjiā) the Legalists
  7. (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉 fǎlā)
=1 法 fǎ
  1. old variant of 法 fǎ
  2. law
2 号 hào
  1. ordinal number
  2. day of a month
  3. mark
  4. sign
  5. business establishment
  6. size
  7. ship suffix
  8. horn (wind instrument)
  9. bugle call
  10. assumed name
  11. to take a pulse
  12. classifier used to indicate number of people

Related entries

法名 fǎmíng
  1. name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery)
  2. same as 法号 fǎhào