Word Meaning 初転法輪

しょてんぼうりん shotembourin

初転法輪 is read as しょてんぼうりん (shotembourin) and means setting in motion the wheel of the dharma.

Meaning

English

  1. setting in motion the wheel of the dharma
  2. the first turning of the wheel

Reading

Kana

しょてんぼうりん

Romaji

shotembourin

Writing Variants

  • 初転法輪 しょてんほうりん shotenhourin
  • 初転法輪 しょてんぽうりん shotempourin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Yojijukugo Rank 49354 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

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転法輪

てんぼうりん

expounding the teachings of Buddha

転法輪堂

てんぼうりんどう

Buddhist sermon hall

法輪

ほうりん

the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind)

初心運転者標識

しょしんうんてんしゃひょうしき

beginner driver plate

輪転機

りんてんき

rotary press

年輪年代法

ねんりんねんだいほう

dendrochronology

法輪大法

ふぁるんだーふぁ

Falun Dafa

流転輪回

るてんりんね

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth

転地療法

てんちりょうほう

climatotherapy

輪転

りんてん

rotation

転輪王

てんりんおう

Chakravartin

法輪功

ふぁるんごん

Falun Gong