In the Jodo (Pure Land) sect, the Japanese character '誉' was used for the bottom character of the name, and in Jodo shin shu (the True Pure Land sect of Buddhism) the Japanese character '如' was used for the bottom character of the name (however, the Shonin title was used for the chief priest of Hongan-ji Temple, whether he received rinji or not), while in the Ji sect the character '阿' was used for the bottom character of the name, and in the Nichiren sect the character '日' was used for the top part of the name.
浄土宗では下の字に「誉」、浄土真宗では下の字に「如」（ただし本願寺などの法主に対しては綸旨の有無に関わらず上人号が用いられていた）、時宗では下の字に「阿」、日蓮宗では上の字に「日」を用いるのがそれに該当する。