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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 )
Derived characters
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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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) .
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : lún (lun2 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄌㄨㄣˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : nen2
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : лүн (lün, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : leon4 / leon4-2
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : lun3 / lun4
Gan (Wiktionary ) : liin4
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : lîn / lìn / lin / lùn
(Hailu , HRS ) : lun
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : lun2
Jin (Wiktionary ) : lung1
Northern Min (KCR ) : lê̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC ) : lùng
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : lûn
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : lung5
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 6 len
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : len2
Note : lúnr - (1) "wheel", (2) (classifier) "round", (3) "12 years".
Note : lun4 - classifier for round of talks, performances, etc..
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
輪
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
lún
Middle Chinese
‹ lwin ›
Old Chinese
/*u/
English
wheel
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
輪
Reading #
1/1
No.
8663
Phonetic component
侖
Rime group
文
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
淪
Old Chinese
/*run/
Definitions
輪
wheel
齒輪 / 齿轮 ― chǐlún ― gear
三輪 車 / 三轮 车 ― sānlún chē ― tricycle
Short for 輪船 / 轮船 (lúnchuán , “steamer; motor ship”).
貨輪 / 货轮 ― huòlún ― cargo ship
edge ; rim
to take turns
輪 班/ 轮 班 ― lún bān ― to work in shifts
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 . I've waited for over ten minutes now and it's still not my turn; this is ridiculous.
Classifier for the sun or the moon.
一 輪 明月 / 一 轮 明月 ― yī lún míngyuè ― a bright moon
一 輪 紅日 / 一 轮 红日 ― yī lún hóngrì ― a red sun
Classifier for rounds.
第 二 輪 談判 / 第 二 轮 谈判 ― dì èr lún tánpàn ― second round of talks
( 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.
( slang ) Short for 輪姦 / 轮奸 (lúnjiān , “to gang-rape ”).
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
輪子 (“wheel”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
輪 , 轔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
輪子
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
軲轆 , 輪子
Taiwan
輪子
Singapore
輪子
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
軲輪兒 , 軲輪子 , 軲轆 suburbs
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
輪子
Xi'an
軲轆 , 輪子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
軲轆
Lanyin Mandarin
Ürümqi
軲轆
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
輪子 , 滾滾
Wuhan
滾砣 , 滾子
Jianghuai Mandarin
Yangzhou
輪盤
Hefei
軲轆子
Cantonese
Guangzhou
轆
Hong Kong
轆
Yangjiang
輪 , 輪仔
Singapore (Guangfu)
輪
Gan
Nanchang
砣 , 輪子
Lichuan
輪子
Hakka
Meixian
輪仔
Yudu
輪子
Jin
Taiyuan
軲轆子 , 軲攏子 , 輪子
Xinzhou
輪子 , 軲溜子
Northern Min
Jian'ou
輪
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
輪輪
Southern Min
Xiamen
輦 , 輪 , 輪仔
Quanzhou
輦
Zhangzhou
輦
Tainan
輦仔
Singapore (Hokkien)
輦
Manila (Hokkien)
輪
Chaozhou
輪
Puning
輦
Singapore (Teochew)
輦
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
車輪
Wu
Shanghai
輪盤
Shanghai (Songjiang)
輪盤
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)
輪盤
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)
輪盤 , 輪子
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)
輪盤
Suzhou
輪盤
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)
輪盤
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
輪盤
Changshu
輪盤
Kunshan
輪盤
Jiaxing
輪盤
Changzhou
輪盤
Liyang
輪盤
Changzhou (Jintan)
輪盤
Yixing
輪盤
Danyang
輪盤 , 輪子
Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)
輪盤
Jingjiang
輪子 , 輪盤 , 盤子
Jiangyin
輪盤
Huzhou (Shuanglin)
輪盤
Hangzhou
輪盤 , 輪子
Shaoxing
輪盤
Zhuji (Wangjiajing)
輪盤
Shengzhou (Chongren)
輪盤
Shengzhou (Taiping)
輪盤
Ningbo
輪盤 , 擂盤 dated
Yuyao
輪盤
Taizhou (Huangyan)
輪盤
Wenzhou
輪盤 , 輪
Quzhou
輪盤
Jinhua
輪盤 , 司機 euphemistic
Yongkang
輪盤
Xiang
Changsha
輪盤 , 滾盤 , 車盤 , 車輪子
Shuangfeng
滾盤 , 𱰥盤
Compounds
Etymology 2
Short for 窩輪 /窝轮 (“warrant”), from English warrant .
Pronunciation
Noun
輪
( Cantonese , finance , in compounds) warrant
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
輪
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji )
wheel ; ring ; loop ; hoop ; cycle
Readings
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
Pronunciation
Counter
輪( りん ) • (-rin )
wheels
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
From Old Japanese , from Proto-Japonic *wa .
Pronunciation
Noun
輪( わ ) • (wa )
ring ; circle
広( ひろ ) い輪( わ ) を描( か ) いた。Hiroi wa o kaita. I drew a broad circle .
( by extension ) linked network
被害者( ひがいしゃ ) 支援( しえん ) の輪( わ ) higaisha shien no wa network of support for victims
References
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
輪 (eumhun 바퀴 륜 ( bakwi ryun ) , word-initial (South Korea) 바퀴 윤 ( bakwi yun ) )
hanja form? of ] ( “ wheel ” )
Vietnamese
Han character
輪 : Hán Nôm readings: luân , lon , luôn
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