輪

See also: 轮 and 輸

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		輪
simp.		轮

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 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 輪

1. wheel
2. Short for 輪船／轮船 (lúnchuán, “ship”).
3. edge, rim
4. round (of talks, performances, etc.)
5. Classifier for such rounds.
6. to take turns

   輪到你了。／轮到你了。  ―  Lún dào nǐ le.  ―  It's your turn.

   我等咗十幾分鐘都仲未輪到我，真係離晒譜。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我等咗十几分钟都仲未轮到我，真系离晒谱。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ dang² zo² sap⁶ gei² fan¹ zung¹ dou¹ zung⁶ mei⁶ leon⁴ dou³ ngo⁵, zan¹ hai⁶ lei⁴ saai³ pou². [Jyutping]

   I've waited for over ten minutes now and it's still not my turn; this is ridiculous.

7. (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.

8. Classifier for the sun or the moon.
9. (slang) Short for 輪姦／轮奸 (lúnjiān, “to gang-rape”).

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Japanese

Kanji

輪

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. wheel; ring; loop; hoop; cycle

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: りん (rin, Jōyō)
• Kun: わ (wa, 輪, Jōyō)
• Nanori: なわ (nawa); も (mo)

Compounds

• 浮(う)き輪(わ) (ukiwa)
• 内(うち)輪(わ) (uchiwa)
• 腕(うで)輪(わ) (udewa, “bracelet”)
• 光(こう)輪(りん) (kōrin, “Korin Halo, a Nimbus”)
• 五(ご)輪(りん) (gorin, “Olympics”)
• 車(しゃ)輪(りん) (sharin, “wheel”)
• 知(ち)恵(え)の輪(わ) (chie no wa)
• 花(はな)輪(わ) (hanawa, “a garland of flowers; a wreath”)
• 指(ゆび)輪(わ) (yubiwa)
• 輪(りん)郭(かく) (rinkaku)
• 輪(りん)番(ばん) (rinban)
• 輪(わ)切(ぎ)り (wagiri, “cross-sectional slice”)
• 輪(わ)ゴム (wagomu)
• 輪(りん)廻(ね) (rinne) (process returning to the beginning and then repeating itself in the same sequence)
• 二(に)輪(りん)車(しゃ) (nirinsha, “bicycle”)
• 三(さん)輪(りん)車(しゃ) (sanrinsha) (pedicab; tricycle, three-wheeler (any three-wheeled vehicle))
• 競(けい)輪(りん) (keirin, “keirin”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
輪
りん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Counter

輪(りん) or 輪(counter) • (rin or counter) [[Category:Japanese
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1. wheels
2. flowers

   一(いち)輪(りん)の花(はな)が咲(さ)く

   ichirin no hana ga saku

   a single flower blooms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
輪
わ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 環

Noun

輪(わ) • (wa) 

1. ring; circle

   広(ひろ)い輪(わ)を描(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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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 輪 (luân, lon, luôn)

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