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法輪

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

Noun

法輪

(Buddhism) dharmachakra; wheel of the dharma (law); the eternal wheel of life

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)

Etymology

Translation 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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fǎlún
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faaluen
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ leon⁴
  - Yale: faat lèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ loen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːt̚³ lɵn²¹/

Middle Chinese: /pɨɐp̚ liuɪn/▼

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
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