論

See also 论

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 侖

Han character

論 (radical 149 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人一月 (YROMB), four-corner 0862₇, composition ⿰言侖)

1. debate
2. discuss
3. discourse

References

• KangXi: page 1168, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35658
• Dae Jaweon: page 1633, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3988, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8AD6

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Cantonese

Hanzi

論 (simplified 论, Yale leun6)

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Japanese

Kanji

論 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ろん (ron), りん (rin)
• Kun: あげつらう (agetsurau), とく (toku), さだめる (sadameru)

Compounds

• 汎心論 (はんしんろん, hanshinron, “panpsychism”)
• 論文 (ろんぶん, ronbun, “thesis”)
  • 博士論文 (はかせろんぶん, hakase ronbun, “Ph.D. thesis”)
• 論争 (ronsō)

Noun

論 (hiragana ろん, romaji ron)

1. theory

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Korean

Hanja

論 (hangeul 론>논, 윤, revised ron>non, yun, McCune-Reischauer ron>non, yun, Yale lon>non, yun)

Compounds

• 討論 (토론, toron)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

論 (simplified 论, pinyin lún (lun2), lùn (lun4), Wade-Giles lun², lun⁴)

Compounds

• 爭論 (zhēnglùn)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

論 (*luən, luin, luə̀n)

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Vietnamese

Han character

論 (luận, gọn, lấn, lẩn, lọn, lộn, lòn, lụn, chọn, giọn, lốn, luồn, trọn, trộn)