法輪

See also: 法轮

Chinese
 
law; method; way
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
 
wheel; gear; (by) turn
wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate
trad. (法輪) 法 輪
simp. (法轮) 法 轮

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मचक्र (dharmacakra, “wheel or range of the law”) or Pali dhammacakka (“wheel of the law”). Tibetan equivalent is ཆོས་འཁོར (chos 'khor).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 法 輪
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 乏 (148) 諄 (47)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 方乏切 力迍切
Baxter pjop lwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨɐp̚/ /liuɪn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /piɐp̚/ /lʷin/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piɐp̚/ /ljuen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puap̚/ /lwin/
Li
Rong		 /piɐp̚/ /liuĕn/
Wang
Li		 /pĭwɐp̚/ /lĭuĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯wɐp̚/ /li̯uĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fa lún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 faat3 leon4

Noun

法輪

  1. (Buddhism) dharmachakra; wheel of the dharma (law); the eternal wheel of life
    法輪常轉／法轮常转  ―  fǎlún cháng zhuàn  ―  the dharma wheel constantly rotates

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (法輪):

Further reading

Japanese
Kanji in this term
法 輪
ほう
Grade: 4		 りん
Grade: 4
goon

Etymology

/popu rin/ → /ɸoɸurin/ → /hoːrin/

From Middle Chinese 法輪 (MC pjop lwin), itself a translation of Sanskrit धर्मचक्र (dharmacakra).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほ​ーりん [hóꜜòrìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːɾʲĩɴ]

Noun

法(ほう)輪(りん) • (hōrin) ←ほふりん (fofurin)?

  1. (Buddhism) dharmachakra: the wheel of dharma

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 法(ほう)輪(りん)寺(じ) (Hōrin-ji)
  • 正(しょう)法(ほう)輪(りん) (shōhōrin)
  • 転(てん)法(ぼう)輪(りん) (tenbōrin)
  • 転(てん)妙(みょう)法(ほう)輪(りん) (tenmyō hōrin)

Idioms
  • 法(ほう)輪(りん)を転(てん)ず (hōrin o tenzu)

Proper noun

法(ほう)輪(りん) • (Hōrin) ←ほふりん (fofurin)?

  1. Short for 法輪寺 (Hōrin-ji): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
法輪

Noun

法輪 • (beomnyun) (hangeul 법륜)

  1. Hanja form? of 법륜 (“dharmachakra”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
法輪

Noun

法輪

  1. chữ Hán form of pháp luân (“dharmachakra”).
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