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

  (Pinyin): fǎlún

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ leon⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fap-lùn

  (Hailu, HRS): fab lun

• 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

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• 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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fap-lùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fab^ˋ lun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fab⁵ lun²
    • Sinological IPA: /fap̚² lun¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fab lun
    • Sinological IPA: /fap⁵⁻² lun⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huă-lê̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xua²⁴ lœyŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-lùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃uŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁶ long² [Phonetic: hah⁷ long²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ lɔŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁶ luong² [Phonetic: hah⁷ luong²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ²⁻²⁴ luoŋ¹³/
• 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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷faq-len
    • MiniDict: fah^入 len
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴faq-len
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ lən⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pjop lwin

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/
Bernhard 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

• 妙法輪 / 妙法轮
• 法輪僧 / 法轮僧
• 法輪功 / 法轮功 (Fǎlún Gōng)
• 法輪大法 / 法轮大法 (Fǎlún Dàfǎ)
• 轉法輪 / 转法轮

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法輪):

• → Japanese: 法輪(ほうりん) (hōrin)
• → Korean: 법륜(法輪) (beomnyun)
• → Vietnamese: pháp luân (法輪)

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

• (Tokyo) ほーりん [hóꜜòrìǹ] (Atamadaka – [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

• 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}}.

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”).