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, 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)

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 (hangeul 륜>윤 (ryun>yun), 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)