In addition, these sects were initially written with a Chinese character '衆' ('shu' literally 'people') such as 法相衆 (Hosso-shu, the Hosso sect) and 華厳衆 (Kegon-shu, the Kegon sect).
また、当初これらは、法相衆・華厳衆などと、「衆」の字を充てていた。