妄もう語ご

• 妄語Usage100%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • もうご

    Standard kanji spelling for this Buddhist term.

  • ぼうご

    rarely-used kana form
• ぼうご
  rarely-used kana form

  Rarely used kana form; the reading ぼうご is uncommon.

From Middle Chinese 妄語 (mjang ngjoX, literally 'reckless speech'). The kanji 妄 means 'deluded' or 'reckless', and 語 means 'speech'.