輪

See also: 轮 and 輸
輪 U+8F2A, 輪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F2A
← 輩
[U+8F29]
CJK Unified Ideographs 輫 →
[U+8F2B]
輪 U+F9D7, 輪
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9D7
← 淪
[U+F9D6]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs 律 →
[U+F9D8]

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

trad. 輪
simp. 轮

Pronunciation


Note: lúnr - (1) "wheel", (2) (classifier) "round", (3) "12 years".
Note: lun4 - classifier for round of talks, performances, etc..

Rime
Character 輪
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 輪
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lún
Middle
Chinese
‹ lwin ›
Old
Chinese
/*[r]u[n]/
English wheel

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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

  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. [Jyutping]
    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

Japanese

Kanji

輪

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. wheel; ring; loop; hoop; cycle

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
輪
りん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾʲĩɴ]

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

Kanji in this term
輪
わ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *wa.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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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