侖

See also: 仑, 俞, and 龠

侖 U+4F96, 侖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F96 ← 侕 [U+4F95] CJK Unified Ideographs 侗 → [U+4F97]

Translingual

Han character

侖 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人一月廿 (OMBT), four-corner 8022₇, composition ⿱亼𠕁)

Derived characters

• 倫, 𠗣, 㖮, 埨, 婨, 崘, 惀, 掄, 淪, 陯, 㫻, 棆, 㷍, 腀, 睔, 碖, 稐, 綸, 耣, 䎾, 䑳, 蜦, 論, 踚, 輪, 錀, 鯩, 𡈺
• 𠁄, 𡃋, 𫭕, 崙, 菕, 嗧, 䈁, 圇, 癟

See also

• 𠎤, 龠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 599
• Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 143, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4F96

Chinese

trad.		侖
simp.		仑*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侖
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions b08007 Small seal script s03766 s03767 Transcribed ancient scripts L31447 L31448 L31449 L31450 L05399 L05400 L05401 L05402
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (侖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蜦	*ruːls, *run
綸	*kruːn, *ɡ·run
論	*ruːn, *ruːns, *run
崘	*ruːn
掄	*ruːn, *run
菕	*ruːn
惀	*ruːnʔ, *run
睔	*ɡ·ruːnʔ, *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
碖	*ruːnʔ, *ruːns
溣	*ruːns
倫	*run
淪	*run
輪	*run
侖	*run
陯	*run
鯩	*run
棆	*run
踚	*run
耣	*runʔ
錀	*pqʰlun

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 亼 + 冊 (“book”). The component 亼 can be interpreted as either "gather" ("to gather books" therefore "order") or as a downward mouth ("reading words as they're written" therefore "order"). Similar but unrelated to 龠.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lún (lun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lùn

  (Hailu, HRS): lun

• Eastern Min (BUC): lùng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): long² / luong²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lún
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lún
    • Wade–Giles: lun²
    • Yale: lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luen
    • Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leon⁴
    • Yale: lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lun²
    • Sinological IPA: /lun¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lun
    • Sinological IPA: /lun⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: long²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: leóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: luong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luoŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn
    • Tâi-lô: lûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luun
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lwin

Rime
Character	侖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力迍切
Baxter	lwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwin/
Li Rong	/liuĕn/
Wang Li	/lĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leon4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*run/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	侖
Reading #	1/1
No.	8666
Phonetic component	侖
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	淪
Old Chinese	/*run/

Definitions

侖

1. alternative form of 倫 / 伦 (“reason; order”)

Usage notes

Nowadays, this character is primarily used phonetically in the transcriptions of foreign names.

Compounds

• 侖琴 / 仑琴
• 侖琴射線 / 仑琴射线
• 加侖 / 加仑 (jiālún)
• 加侖比亞 / 加仑比亚
• 密侖 / 密仑
• 庫侖 / 库仑 (kùlún)
• 庫侖定律 / 库仑定律
• 毫侖目 / 毫仑目
• 美侖美奐 / 美仑美奂

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 侖 – see 崙. (This character is a variant traditional form of 崙).

Japanese

Kanji

侖

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. think, be methodical

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin)
• Kan-on: りん (rin)
• On: ろん (ron)
• Kun: おもう (omou, 侖う)
• Nanori: みち (michi)

Korean

Hanja

侖 • (ryun>yun) (hangeul 륜>윤, revised ryun>yun, McCune–Reischauer ryun>yun, Yale lyun>yun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

侖: Hán Việt readings: luân, lôn
侖: Nôm readings: lỏn, lốn, lổn, lủn, lũn, trọn, lùn, trôn, lọn, lon, lộn, son, tròn

1. chữ Nôm form of lon (“beverage can”)
2. chữ Nôm form of lọn (“(coastal Northern Vietnam, likely obsolete) alternative form of trọn (“fully, entire”)”)
3. chữ Nôm form of lộn (“to turn the inside out; to reverse; to flip; to overturn”)
4. chữ Nôm form of lùn (“(chiefly Central Vietnam or Southern Vietnam, of a person) short”)
5. chữ Nôm form of son (“vermilion”)
6. chữ Nôm form of tròn (“round”)
7. chữ Nôm form of trọn (“fully; entirely”)