法輪
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See also: 法轮
Chinese[edit]
law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.) |
wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate | ||
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trad. (法輪) | 法 | 輪 | |
simp. (法轮) | 法 | 轮 |
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): faat3 leon4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fap-lùn
- Eastern Min (BUC): huák-lùng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-lûn
- Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): 7faq-len
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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 Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fap-lùn
- Hakka Romanization System: fab` lunˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fab5 lun2
- Sinological IPA: /fap̚² lun¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-lùng
- Sinological IPA (key): /huaʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃uŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: pjop lwin
Noun[edit]
法輪
- (Buddhism) dharmachakra; wheel of the dharma (law); the eternal wheel of life
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “法輪” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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法 | 輪 |
ほう Grade: 4 |
りん Grade: 4 |
goon |
Etymology[edit]
/popu rin/ → /ɸoɸurin/ → /hoːrin/
From Middle Chinese 法輪 (MC pjop lwin), itself a translation of Sanskrit धर्मचक्र (dharmacakra).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (Buddhism) dharmachakra: the wheel of dharma
Derived terms[edit]
Idioms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- 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[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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法 | 輪 |
Noun[edit]
- Hanja form? of 법륜 (“dharmachakra”).
Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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法 | 輪 |
Noun[edit]
法輪
- chữ Hán form of pháp luân (“dharmachakra”).
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