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輪回 is a universal word in Japanese and Chinese that expresses the Buddhist idea of “reincarnation,” “transmigration of souls,” or “the eternal cycle of birth and death.”
In some contexts, this can also mean “karma,” and others will say it represents “samsara.”
The first character means wheel, ring, turn, circle, loop, or rotate.
The second character can be thought of as a suffix meaning “-times.” This second character can also refer to something that revolves, returns, goes back, or is a counter of the number of occurrences of some event.
Together the sum supersedes the parts, and it means reincarnation. But knowing the essence of each character may help you understand some of the meaning behind the word.
Shown to the right is the more common way to write the second character in Japanese.
it’s
an alternate form of this character in Chinese (so neither way is technically wrong in either language). If you select a Japanese calligrapher, expect that is will look like the Kanji to the right.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Ring search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
りん see styles |
rin リン |
ring (sound); ding; (f,p) Linn; Lin; Lyn; Lynn; Lynne; Ryn; Rin |
フール see styles |
puuru / puru プール |
(1) (swimming) pool; (2) pool (cue sport); (noun, transitive verb) (3) pooling (money, resources, etc.); (4) {econ} pool (price ring); (place-name) Poole (UK); Pool |
リンク see styles |
ringu リング |
ring; (personal name) Ling; Lyng; Ring |
ルーフ see styles |
ruupu / rupu ループ |
(1) loop; band; ring; (n,vs,vi) (2) {comp} loop (in a program); (n,vs,vi) (3) looping (of a video, slideshow, etc.); repeating (e.g. of a conversation); (4) time loop (in fiction); temporal loop; (5) loop (aerobatic maneuver); (6) (abbreviation) {rail} (See ループ線) spiral; spiral loop; (7) (abbreviation) (See ループアンテナ) loop antenna; (8) (abbreviation) {figskt} (See ループジャンプ) loop jump; (personal name) Lupe |
バチカン see styles |
bachikan バチカン |
More info & calligraphy: Vatican |
団 see styles |
tuán tuan2 t`uan tuan dantaka だんたか |
Japanese variant of 團|团 (n,n-suf) group; body; party; company; troupe; gang; corps; ring; (surname) Dantaka |
圈 see styles |
quān quan1 ch`üan chüan |
circle; ring; loop (CL:個|个[ge4]); classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc; to surround; to circle |
戒 see styles |
jiè jie4 chieh kai; ingoto(ok) かい; いんごと(ok) |
to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing something; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) (1) (かい only) {Buddh} admonition; commandment; (2) sila (precept) śīla, 尸羅. Precept, command, prohibition, discipline, rule; morality. It is applied to the five, eight, ten, 250, and other commandments. The five are: (1) not to kill; (2 ) not to steal; (3) not to commit adultery; (4) not to speak falsely; (5) not to drink wine. These are the commands for lay disciples; those who observe them will be reborn in the human realm. The Sarvāstivādins did not sanction the observance of a limited selection from them as did the 成實宗 Satyasiddhi school. Each of the five precepts has five guardian spirits, in all twenty-five, 五戒二十五神. The eight for lay disciples are the above five together with Nos. 7, 8, and 9 of the following; the ten commands for the ordained, monks and nuns, are the above five with the following: (6) not to use adornments of flowers, nor perfumes; (7) not to perform as an actor, juggler, acrobat, or go to watch and hear them; (8) not to sit on elevated, broad, and large divans (or beds); (9) not to eat except in regulation hours; (10) not to possess money, gold or silver, or precious things. The 具足戒full commands for a monk number 250, those for a nun are 348, commonly called 500. Śīla is also the first of the 五分法身, i.e. a condition above all moral error. The Sutra of Brahma's Net has the following after the first five: (6) not to speak of the sins of those in orders; (7) not to vaunt self and depreciate others; (8) not to be avaricious; (9) not to be angry; (10) not to slander the triratna. |
暈 晕 see styles |
yùn yun4 yün higasa ひがさ |
dizzy; halo; ring around moon or sun halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona; (surname) Higasa |
核 see styles |
hé he2 ho sane さね |
pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify (1) stone (of a fruit); pit; pip; (2) core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; heart; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (See 核兵器) nuclear weapons; (4) {physics} (See 原子核) nucleus (of an atom); (5) {biol} (See 細胞核) nucleus (of a cell); (6) {met} (See 凝結核) condensation nucleus; (7) {astron} (planetary) core; (8) {chem} ring (in a cyclic compound); (9) {math} kernel; core; (10) nucleus (of a cultured pearl); (surname) Sane kernel |
玔 see styles |
chuàn chuan4 ch`uan chuan |
jade ring |
瑗 see styles |
yuàn yuan4 yüan |
large jade ring |
璩 see styles |
qú qu2 ch`ü chü |
(jade ring) |
環 环 see styles |
huán huan2 huan tamami たまみ |
ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc; to surround; to encircle; to hem in (1) ring; band; rim; (2) {math;chem} ring; (prefix noun) (3) circum-; (female given name) Tamami a jade ring or bracelet |
觼 see styles |
jué jue2 chüeh |
buckle; clasp; ring |
輪 轮 see styles |
lún lun2 lun run るん |
wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn (counter) counter for wheels and flowers; (female given name) Run cakra; wheel, disc, rotation, to revolve; v. 研. The three wheels are 惑業苦illusion, karma, suffering, in constant revolution. The five are earth, water, fire, wind, and space; the earth rests on revolving spheres of water, fire, wind, and space. The nine are seen on the tops of pagodas, cf. 九輪.; The two wheels of a cart compared by the Tiantai school to 定 (or to its Tiantai form 止觀) and 慧 meditation and wisdom; see 止觀 5. Also 食 food and 法 the doctrine, i. e. food physical and spiritual. |
鉠 see styles |
yāng yang1 yang |
(onom.) ring; tinkle |
鍈 锳 see styles |
yīng ying1 ying |
(onom.) ring; tinkle |
鎦 镏 see styles |
liù liu4 liu |
(bound form) finger ring; Taiwan pr. [liu2] |
鐶 镮 see styles |
huán huan2 huan tamaki たまき |
(ancient weight); metal ring (1) ring; link; (2) open spirals of heavy metal wire twisted into a kettle and used to lift it (tea ceremony); (given name) Tamaki A metal ring; a ring. |
韘 see styles |
shè she4 she |
archer's thumb ring |
響 响 see styles |
xiǎng xiang3 hsiang rizumu りずむ |
echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises (irregular okurigana usage) (1) echo; reverberation; (2) sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; (3) quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read; (female given name) Rizumu pratiśrut. Echo, resonance. |
一味 see styles |
yī wèi yi1 wei4 i wei kazumi かずみ |
persistently; stubbornly; blindly (1) clan; partisans; conspirators; gang; ring; crew; (n,vs,vi) (2) participation (e.g. in a plot); (3) one flavour; one charm; (4) one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine); (5) {Buddh} universality (of the teachings of Buddha); (given name) Kazumi One, or the same flavour, kind or character, i.e. the Buddha's teaching. |
上線 上线 see styles |
shàng xiàn shang4 xian4 shang hsien jousen / josen じょうせん |
to go online; to put something online; to reach a specific standard; to put into production; handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) overline; overscore; overbar |
主環 主环 see styles |
zhǔ huán zhu3 huan2 chu huan |
primary ring |
佩環 佩环 see styles |
pèi huán pei4 huan2 p`ei huan pei huan |
ring-like jade belt pendant |
光環 光环 see styles |
guāng huán guang1 huan2 kuang huan miwa みわ |
ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor corona; (female given name) Miwa |
内俵 see styles |
uchidawara うちだわら |
{sumo} bales forming the edge of the ring |
内輪 see styles |
uchiwa うちわ |
inner ring (e.g. washer); (surname) Uchiwa |
円環 see styles |
enkan えんかん |
circle; ring |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Ring | 林格 | lín gé / lin2 ge2 / lin ge / linge | lin ko / linko | |
| Ring | リング | ringu | ||
| Reincarnation Transmigration of Souls | 輪回 / 輪廻 轮回 | rin ne / rinne | lún huí / lun2 hui2 / lun hui / lunhui | |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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