輪

See also: 轮 and 輸

§Translingual

§Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 侖

§Han character

輪 (radical 159 車+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十十人一月 (JJOMB), four-corner 5802₇)

1. wheel
2. revolve, turn
3. recur

§References

• KangXi: page 1245, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38400
• Dae Jaweon: page 1722, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3540, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8F2A

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§Cantonese

§Hanzi

輪 (simplified 轮, Jyutping leon4, Yale leun4)

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§Japanese

§Kanji

輪

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. wheel; ring; loop

§Readings

• On: りん (rin)
• Kun: わ (wa)

§Compounds

• 花輪 (はなわ, hanawa): a garland of flowers; a wreath
• 輪番 (りんばん, rinban)
• 輪郭 (りんかく, rinkaku)
• 輪ゴム (わごむ, wagomu)
• 車輪 (しゃりん, sharin)
• 五輪 (ごりん, gorin)
• 指輪 (ゆびわ, yubiwa)
• 内輪 (うちわ, uchiwa)
• 輪切 (?, ?? )

§Counter

輪 (hiragana りん, romaji -rin)

1. wheels
2. flowers

§Noun

輪 (hiragana わ, romaji wa)

1. ring; circle

   広い輪を描いた。

   ひろいわをかいた。

   hiroi wa o kaita.

   [I] drew a broad circle.

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§Korean

§Hanja

輪 (ryun>yun) (hangeul 륜>윤, revised ryun>yun, McCune-Reischauer ryun>yun, Yale lyun>yun)

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§Mandarin

§Hanzi

輪 (simplified 轮, Pinyin lún (lun2), Wade-Giles lun²)

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

輪 (luân, lon, luôn)

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