ほっ
はっ
こう

noun

  1. 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).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ほっ
はっ
こう
法華八講 ほっけはっこう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

method, law, rule
ホウ ハッ ほ (4th, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
gone, past, quit
さ.る コ キョ (3rd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
splendor, flower, petal
カ はな ケ (8th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
under, underneath, below
カ ゲ した
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
lecture, club, association
コウ (5th, N2)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
put together, inner palace
コウ かま.える (Kentei 1)
well, well crib, town
い ショウ セイ (7th, N1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)
red, tan
ゼン ネン あや.うい (Kentei 1)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)