法螺

Chinese
 
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
 aquatic snail
simp. and trad.
(法螺)		 法 螺
法螺 (1, 2)

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्म शङ्ख (dharma śaṅkha, “conch shell of religion; conch of the law”). Tibetan equivalent is ཆོས་དུང (chos dung).

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 法 螺
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 乏 (148) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 方乏切 落戈切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨɐp̚/ /luɑ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /piɐp̚/ /luɑ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piɐp̚/ /luɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puap̚/ /lwa/
Li
Rong		 /piɐp̚/ /luɑ/
Wang
Li		 /pĭwɐp̚/ /luɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯wɐp̚/ /luɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fa luó

Noun

法螺

  1. (Buddhism) conch shell used as a Buddhist trumpet
  2. Triton's trumpet; giant triton (Charonia tritonis)
  3. (Buddhism) power and command of Buddhist teaching; doctrines of Buddhism
  4. (figuratively) boasting; bragging; exaggeration; overstatement

Synonyms
  • (conch shell used as a Buddhist trumpet): (Min Nan) 龍角／龙角, 角鼓, 哨角 (shàojiǎo), 牛角鼓, 角管

Derived terms
  • 吹大法螺
  • 吹法螺
  • 大吹法螺
  • 大法螺

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (法螺):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
法 螺
ほう > ほ
Grade: 4		 ら
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Noun

法螺 (hiragana ほら, rōmaji hora)

  1. boasting

Compounds
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