淪

See also: 沦

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

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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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûn

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn
    • Tâi-lô: lûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³/

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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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 淪

1. to sink (into ruin), decline, fall
2. to be lost
3. to sink, be submerged
4. (of water) small waves

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Japanese

Kanji

淪

(uncommon “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)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

淪: Hán Nôm readings: lún

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