輪廻

See also: 輪迴, 輪回, and 轮回

Japanese

Kanji in this term
輪	廻
りん Grade: 4	え > ね Jinmeiyō
goon

Etymology

/rinwe/ → /rinɰe/ → /rinːe/

From Middle Chinese 輪迴 (MC lwin hwoj, literally “wheel + revolve”), itself a translation of Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra, literally “passing, wandering”).

The e reading for 廻 changes to ne as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) り​んね [ríꜜǹnè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲĩnːe̞]

Noun

輪(りん)廻(ね) • (rinne) ^{←りんゑ (rin'we)?}

1. (philosophy, religion, espeically in Buddhism) samsara (endless cycle of life, death, and reincarnation); metempsychosis

   Synonyms: 生死 (shōji), 転生 (tenshō), 輪転 (rinten), 輪廻転生 (rinne tenshō), 流転 (ruten), 流転輪廻 (ruten rinne), 六道輪廻 (rokudō rinne), 輪回し (wamawashi)

2. (poetry) repeating of the same words and/or meanings in one volume of haikai or renga
3. a cycle (process returning to the beginning and then repeating itself in the same sequence)

   Synonym: サイクル (saikuru)

4. a deep attachment or obsession

   Synonym: 愛着 (aichaku)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 三(さん)界(かい)輪(りん)廻(ね) (sankai rinne)
• 生(しょう)死(じ)輪(りん)廻(ね) (shōji rinne)
• 浸(しん)食(しょく)輪(りん)廻(ね) (shinshoku rinne)
• 地(ち)形(けい)輪(りん)廻(ね) (chikei rinne)
• 遠(とお)輪(りん)廻(ね) (tō-rinne)
• 分(ぶん)段(だん)輪(りん)廻(ね) (bundan rinne)
• 流(る)転(てん)輪(りん)廻(ね) (ruten rinne)
• 六(ろく)道(どう)輪(りん)廻(ね) (rokudō rinne)

Proverbs

• 貧(ひん)は菩(ぼ)提(だい)の種(たね)富(とみ)は輪(りん)廻(ね)の絆(きずな) (hin wa bodai no tane tomi wa rinne no kizuna)

See also

• 逆(ぎゃく)流(る) (gyakuru)
• 順(じゅん)流(る) (junru)

Verb

輪(りん)廻(ね)する • (rinne suru) ^{←りんゑ (rin'we)?}suru (stem 輪(りん)廻(ね)し (rinne shi), past 輪(りん)廻(ね)した (rinne shita))

1. to go into an endless cycle
2. to be attached to something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "輪廻する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	輪廻し	りんねし	rinne shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	輪廻し	りんねし	rinne shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	輪廻する	りんねする	rinne suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	輪廻する	りんねする	rinne suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	輪廻すれ	りんねすれ	rinne sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	輪廻せよ¹ 輪廻しろ²	りんねせよ¹ りんねしろ²	rinne seyo¹ rinne shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	輪廻される	りんねされる	rinne sareru
Causative	輪廻させる 輪廻さす	りんねさせる りんねさす	rinne saseru rinne sasu
Potential	輪廻できる	りんねできる	rinne dekiru
Volitional	輪廻しよう	りんねしよう	rinne shiyō
Negative	輪廻しない	りんねしない	rinne shinai
Negative continuative	輪廻せず	りんねせず	rinne sezu
Formal	輪廻します	りんねします	rinne shimasu
Perfective	輪廻した	りんねした	rinne shita
Conjunctive	輪廻して	りんねして	rinne shite
Hypothetical conditional	輪廻すれば	りんねすれば	rinne sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
輪	廻

Noun

輪廻 • (yunhoe or McCune-Reischauer: yunhoe or Yale: yun.hoy) (hangeul 윤회)

1. Hanja form^? of 윤회 (“samsara”).