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
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): faat3 leon4
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): huă-lê̤ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): huák-lùng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hah6 long2 / hah6 luong2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-lûn
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7faq-len
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fǎlún
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fǎlún
- Wade–Giles: fa3-lun2
- Yale: fǎ-lwún
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faaluen
- Palladius: фалунь (falunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faat3 leon4
- Yale: faat lèuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: faat8 loen4
- Guangdong Romanization: fad3 lên4
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːt̚³ lɵn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fap-lùn
- Hakka Romanization System: fabˋ lunˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fab5 lun2
- Sinological IPA: /fap̚² lun¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: fab lun
- Sinological IPA: /fap⁵⁻² lun⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huă-lê̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /xua²⁴ lœyŋ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hah6 long2 [Phonetic: hah7 long2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hah-leóng
- Sinological IPA (key): /haʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ lɔŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hah6 luong2 [Phonetic: hah7 luong2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /haʔ²⁻⁴ luoŋ²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-lûn
- Tâi-lô: huat-lûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoatluun
- IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lun²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ lun²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ lun¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lun²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lun²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: pjop lwin
Noun
法輪
- (Buddhism) dharmachakra; wheel of the dharma (law); the eternal wheel of life
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “法輪” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
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
Noun
- (Buddhism) dharmachakra: the wheel of dharma
Derived terms
- 法輪寺 (Hōrin-ji)
- 正法輪 (shōhōrin)
- 転法輪 (tenbōrin)
- 転妙法輪 (tenmyō hōrin)
Idioms
- 法輪を転ず (hōrin o tenzu)
Proper noun
- 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
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References
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 法 | 輪 |
Noun
法輪 • (beomnyun) (hangeul 법륜)
- hanja form? of 법륜 (“dharmachakra”)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 法 | 輪 |
Noun
法輪
- chữ Hán form of pháp luân (“dharmachakra”)