輪

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

• 𭋳, 𮒜, 𥶡, 𮣣

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

• Unihan data for U+F9D7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *run) : semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

輪

1. wheel

   齒輪／齿轮  ―  chǐlún  ―  gear

   三輪車／三轮车  ―  sānlúnchē  ―  tricycle

2. Short for 輪船／轮船 (lúnchuán, “steamer; motor ship”).

   貨輪／货轮  ―  huòlún  ―  cargo ship

3. edge; rim
4. to take turns

   輪班／轮班  ―  lúnbān  ―  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.

5. (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.

6. Classifier for rounds.

   第二輪談判／第二轮谈判  ―  dì èr lún tánpàn  ―  second round of talks

7. 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

8. (slang) Short for 輪姦／轮奸 (lúnjiān, “to gang-rape”).

Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

Short for 窩輪／窝轮 (“warrant”), from English warrant.

Pronunciation

Noun

輪

1. (Cantonese, finance, in compounds) warrant

Compounds

References

• “輪”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Counter

輪(りん) • (-rin) 

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

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *wa.

Alternative forms

• 環

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わ​ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

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.

2. (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

Korean

Hanja

輪 (eumhun 바퀴 륜 (bakwi ryun), South Korea 바퀴 윤 (bakwi yun))

1. Hanja form^? of 륜/윤 (“wheel”).

Vietnamese

Han character

輪: Hán Nôm readings: luân, lon, luôn

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