侖

See also: 仑 and 俞

侖	U+4F96, 侖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F96

← 侕
[U+4F95]

CJK Unified Ideographs

侗 →
[U+4F97]

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

倫, 𠗣, 㖮, 埨, 婨, 崘, 惀, 掄, 淪, 陯, 㫻, 棆, 㷍, 腀, 睔, 碖, 稐, 綸, 耣, 䎾, 䑳, 蜦, 論, 踚, 輪, 錀, 鯩, 𡈺
𠁄, 𡃋, 𫭕, 崙, 菕, 嗧, 䈁, 圇, 癟

References

KangXi: 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) : 亼 + 冊.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lún (lun²)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴
Min Nan (POJ): lûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lún
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lún
  - Wade–Giles: lun²
  - Yale: lwún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luen
  - Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon⁴
  - Yale: lèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn
  - Tâi-lô: lûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³/

Middle Chinese: /liuɪn/

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
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

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*run/

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

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

Usage notes

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

Compounds

侖琴／仑琴
侖琴射線／仑琴射线
加侖／加仑 (jiālún)

加侖比亞／加仑比亚
密侖／密仑
庫侖／库仑 (kùlún)

庫侖定律／库仑定律
毫侖目／毫仑目
美侖美奐／美仑美奂

Etymology 2

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

Japanese

Kanji

侖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

think, be methodical

Readings

Go-on: りん (rin)
Kan-on: りん (rin)
On: ろん (ron)
Kun: おもう (omou, 侖う)
Nanori: みち (michi)

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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