淪

See also: 沦

淪 U+6DEA, 淪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DEA ← 淩 [U+6DE9] CJK Unified Ideographs 淫 → [U+6DEB]

淪 U+F9D6, 淪 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9D6 ← 崙 [U+F9D5] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 輪 → [U+F9D7]

Translingual

Han character

淪 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 水人一月 (EOMB), four-corner 3812₇, composition ⿰氵侖)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 631, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17675
• Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1653, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6DEA

• Unihan data for U+F9D6

Chinese

trad.		淪
simp.		沦

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *run): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

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

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶len / ²len / ²leen / ²loen
  • (Jinhua): ²len

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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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶len
    • MiniDict: len^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³len
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lən²³/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²len
    • MiniDict: len^平
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /ləŋ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ləŋ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦlən²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /lən²²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /ləŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /lən³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /len²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ləŋ³¹³/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ²leen
    • MiniDict: len^平
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /lẽ²³¹/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ²loen
    • MiniDict: loeon^平
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /lø̃²³¹/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ²len
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /ləŋ³¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: lwin

Rime
Character	淪
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	淪
Reading #	1/1
No.	8662
Phonetic component	侖
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	淪
Old Chinese	/*run/

Definitions

淪

1. ripple; small waves
2. to sink; to become submerged; to be engulfed
3. to sink (into ruin); to decline; to fall
4. to be lost; to disappear; to become nothing

Compounds

• 奫淪 / 奫沦
• 沉淪 / 沉沦 (chénlún)
• 浹髓淪肌 / 浃髓沦肌
• 浹髓淪膚 / 浃髓沦肤
• 淪亡 / 沦亡 (lúnwáng)
• 淪喪 / 沦丧 (lúnsàng)
• 淪敗 / 沦败
• 淪替 / 沦替
• 淪棄 / 沦弃
• 淪波舟 / 沦波舟
• 混淪 / 混沦
• 淪漪 / 沦漪
• 淪漣 / 沦涟
• 淪肌浹髓 / 沦肌浃髓
• 淪胥 / 沦胥
• 淪落 / 沦落 (lúnluò)
• 淪落人 / 沦落人
• 淪跡 / 沦迹
• 淪陷 / 沦陷 (lúnxiàn)
• 淪陷區 / 沦陷区 (lúnxiànqū)
• 淪隱 / 沦隐
• 湮淪 / 湮沦
• 渾淪 / 浑沦
• 漂淪 / 漂沦
• 鄧虜淪敦 / 邓虏沦敦
• 隱淪 / 隐沦
• 鱗淪 / 鳞沦
• 鶻淪 / 鹘沦

Japanese

Kanji

淪

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. ripples
2. sink

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin)
• Kan-on: りん (rin)
• On: ろん (ron)
• Kun: しずむ (shizumu, 淪む)

Korean

Hanja

淪 (eum 륜 (ryun) or (word-initial) 윤 (yun))

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Hanja

淪 (eum 론 (ron) or (word-initial) 논 (non))

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Vietnamese

Han character

淪: Hán Nôm readings: lún

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