倫

Translingual

Han character

倫 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人人一月 (OOMB), four-corner 2822₇, composition ⿰亻侖)

Derived characters

• 𠹹, 溣, 𨫅, 𦷉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 793
• Dae Jaweon: page 232, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 181, character 1
• Unihan data for U+502B

• Unihan data for U+F9D4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倫
Small seal script s05751 Transcribed ancient scripts L31442 L31443 L31444 L31445 L31446 L05384 L05385 L05386 L05387 L05388 L05389 L05390
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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *run) : semantic 人 + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

Pronunciation

Definitions

倫

1. ^† the same type/kind/class; equal; match

   無與倫比／无与伦比  ―  wúyǔlúnbǐ  ―  beyond compare; unrivaled; unequalled; in a class of its own

   絕倫／绝伦  ―  juélún  ―  unsurpassed; unequalled; peerless; matchless

2. normal human relationships; ethics

   倫理／伦理  ―  lúnlǐ  ―  ethics; morality; moral principles

   倫常／伦常  ―  lúncháng  ―  feudal order of importance or seniority in human relationships

   人倫／人伦  ―  rénlún  ―  human relations (according to feudal ethics)

3. ^† reason; logic
4. coherence; order; logical sequence

   語無倫次／语无伦次  ―  yǔwúlúncì  ―  to speak incoherently

5. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. ethics

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: りん (rin, Jōyō)
• Kun: たぐい (tagui, 倫); ついで (tsuide, 倫で); みち (michi, 倫)

Proper noun

倫(りん) • (Rin) 

1. a male given name

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

倫 (eumhun 인륜 륜 (illyun ryun), South Korea 인륜 윤 (illyun yun))

1. Hanja form^? of 륜/윤 (“morality, humanity, ethics”).
2. Hanja form^? of 륜/윤 (“duty”).

Vietnamese

Han character

倫: Hán Nôm readings: luân, luồn, lùn, lụm

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