山号

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	号
さん Grade: 1	ごう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
山號 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さんごー [sàńgóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) さんごー [sàńgóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋɡo̞ː]

Noun

山(さん)号(ごう) • (sangō)

(Buddhism) mountain name: honorific name given to Buddhist temples, originally from the mountain on which they were located, but given to temples not built on mountains from the Kamakura period onwards

See also

寺号(じごう) (jigō)
院号(いんごう) (ingō)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN