Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
輪 (radical 159, 車+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十十人一月 (JJOMB), four-corner 58027, composition ⿰車侖)
References[edit]
- 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
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
| Characters in the same phonetic series (侖) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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Old Chinese
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| 蜦
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*ruːls, *run
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| 綸
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*kruːn, *ɡ·run
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| 論
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*ruːn, *ruːns, *run
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| 崘
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*ruːn
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| 掄
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*ruːn, *run
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| 菕
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*ruːn
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| 惀
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*ruːnʔ, *run
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| 睔
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*ɡ·ruːnʔ, *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
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| 碖
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*ruːnʔ, *ruːns
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| 溣
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*ruːns
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| 倫
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*run
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| 淪
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*run
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| 輪
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*run
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| 侖
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*run
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| 陯
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*run
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| 鯩
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*run
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| 棆
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*run
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| 踚
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*run
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| 耣
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*runʔ
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| 錀
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*pqʰlun
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *run): semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).
Pronunciation[edit]
Note: lúnr - (1) "wheel", (2) (classifier) "round", (3) "12 years".
| Rime
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| Character
|
輪
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
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來 (37)
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| Final (韻)
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諄 (47)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Closed
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| Division (等)
|
III
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| Fanqie
|
力迍切
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| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/liuɪn/
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Pan
Wuyun
|
/lʷin/
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Shao
Rongfen
|
/ljuen/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/lwin/
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Li
Rong
|
/liuĕn/
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Wang
Li
|
/lĭuĕn/
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Bernard
Karlgren
|
/li̯uĕn/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
lún
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
|
輪
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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lún
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ lwin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*[r]u[n]/
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| English
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wheel
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
輪
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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8663
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Phonetic
component
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侖
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Rime
group
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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淪
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Old
Chinese
|
/*run/
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Definitions[edit]
輪
- wheel
- Short for 輪船／轮船 (lúnchuán, “ship”).
- edge, rim
- round (of talks, performances, etc.)
- Classifier for such rounds.
- to take turns
輪到你了。 /
轮到你了。 ―
Lún dào nǐ le. ― It's your turn.
- (comparing people's ages) a cycle of Chinese zodiac, twelve years
我比他大一輪。 /
我比他大一轮。 ―
Wǒ bǐ tā dà yī lún. ― I'm 12 years older than him.
- Classifier for the sun or the moon.
- (slang) Short for 輪姦／轮奸 (lúnjiān, “to gang rape”).
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
輪
(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- wheel; ring; loop; hoop; cycle
Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
- 浮き輪 (ukiwa)
- 内輪 (uchiwa)
- 腕輪 (udewa, “bracelet”)
- 光輪 (kōrin, “Korin Halo, a Nimbus”)
- 五輪 (gorin, “Olympics”)
- 車輪 (sharin, “wheel”)
- 知恵の輪 (chie no wa)
- 花輪 (hanawa, “a garland of flowers; a wreath”)
- 指輪 (yubiwa)
- 輪郭 (rinkaku)
- 輪番 (rinban)
- 輪切り (wagiri, “cross-sectional slice”)
- 輪ゴム (wagomu)
- 輪廻 (rinne) (process returning to the beginning and then repeating itself in the same sequence)
- 二輪車 (nirinsha, “bicycle”)
- 三輪車 (sanrinsha) (pedicab; tricycle, three-wheeler (any three-wheeled vehicle))
- 競輪 (keirin, “keirin”)
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Counter[edit]
輪 (hiragana りん, rōmaji -rin)
- wheels
- flowers
- 一輪の花が咲く
- ichirin no hana ga saku
- a single flower blooms
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
輪 (hiragana わ, rōmaji wa)
- ring; circle
- 広い輪を描いた。
- Hiroi wa o kaita.
- I drew a broad circle.
References[edit]
輪 • (ryun>yun) (hangeul 륜>윤, revised ryun>yun, McCune–Reischauer ryun>yun, Yale lyun>yun)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
輪 (luân, lon, luôn)
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