侖

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See also: 仑 and 俞
侖 U+4F96, 侖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F96
← 侕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 侗 →

Translingual

Han character

侖 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人一月廿 (OMBT), four-corner 80227, composition ⿱亼𠕁)

Derived characters

See also

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 599
  • Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 143, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4F96

Chinese

trad. 侖
simp. 仑*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侖
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions

b08007

Small seal script

s03766

s03767

Transcribed ancient scripts

L31447

L31448

L31449

L31450

L05399

L05400

L05401

L05402

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 亼 + 冊 (“book”). The component 亼 can be interpreted as either "gather" ("to gather books" therefore "order") or as a downward mouth ("reading words as they're written" therefore "order").

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
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
Baxter lwin
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		leon4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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

  1. Alternative form of 倫／伦 (“reason; order”)
Usage notes

Nowadays, this character is primarily used phonetically in the transcriptions of foreign names.

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 侖 – see 崙.
(This character is a variant traditional form of 崙).

Japanese

Kanji

侖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. think, be methodical

Readings

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: Hán Nôm readings: lỏn, lốn, lổn, lôn, lủn, luân, lũn, lụm, lụn, trôn

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References

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