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侖
侖
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Translingual
Han character
侖 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人一月廿 (OMBT), four-corner 80227, composition ⿱亼𠕁)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 102, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 599
- Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 143, character 1
- Unihan data for U+4F96
Chinese
| trad. | 侖 | |
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| simp. | 仑 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 侖
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (侖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ
- Wade-Giles: lun2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luen
- IPA (key): /lu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: leon4
- Yale: lèuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: loen4
- IPA (key): /lɵn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (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/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 侖 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 侖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8666 |
| Phonetic component |
侖 |
| Rime group |
文 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
淪 |
| Old Chinese |
/*run/ |
Definitions
侖
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Compounds
Korean
Hanja
侖 • (ryun>yun) (hangeul 륜>윤, revised ryun>yun, McCune-Reischauer ryun>yun, Yale lyun>yun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
侖 (lỏn, lốn, lổn, lôn, lủn, luân, lũn, lụm, lụn, trôn)
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