倫

See also: 伦

倫	U+502B, 倫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-502B

← 倪
[U+502A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

倬 →
[U+502C]

倫	U+F9D4, 倫 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9D4

← 陸
[U+F9D3]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

崙 →
[U+F9D5]

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: 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

trad.		倫
simp.		伦

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).

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

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lún (lun²)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lùn
(Meixian, Guangdong): lun²
Min Dong (BUC): lùng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lûn
(Teochew, Peng'im): lung⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): len (T3)

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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lunˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lun²
  - Sinological IPA: /lun¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lun²
  - Sinological IPA: /lun¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uŋ⁵³/
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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /luŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: len (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ləɲ²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 倫
Mandarin	Beijing	/luən³⁵/
	Harbin	/luən²⁴/
	Tianjin	/luən⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/luẽ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/luə̃⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/luən⁴²/
	Xi'an	/lyẽ²⁴/
	Xining	/lyə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/luŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/lũn⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/luŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/nən²¹³/
	Chengdu	/nən³¹/
	Guiyang	/len²¹/
	Kunming	/luə̃³¹/
	Nanjing	/lun²⁴/
	Hefei	/lən⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/luəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/luŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/lỹŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ləŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/lən¹³/
	Hangzhou	/len²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/laŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/lʌ̃⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/lən¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/nən¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/lɨn⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/lun¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/lin⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/løn²¹/
	Nanning	/lɐn²¹/
	Hong Kong	/løn²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/lun³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/luŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/lœyŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/luŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/lun³¹/

Middle Chinese: /liuɪn/

Rime
Character	倫
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
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]u[n]/
(Zhengzhang): /*run/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	倫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lún
Middle Chinese	‹ lwin ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]u[n]/
English	relationship; order; category
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	倫
Reading #	1/1
No.	8661
Phonetic component	侖
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	淪
Old Chinese	/*run/

Definitions

倫

^† 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
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)
^† reason; logic
coherence; order; logical sequence
語無倫次／语无伦次 ― yǔwúlúncì ― to speak incoherently
a surname

Compounds

Derived terms from 倫

不倫／不伦 (bùlún)
不倫不類／不伦不类 (bùlúnbùlèi)
不逮人倫／不逮人伦
亂倫／乱伦 (luànlún)
五倫／五伦 (wǔlún)
人倫／人伦 (rénlún)
伶倫／伶伦
倫儔／伦俦
倫匹／伦匹
倫巴／伦巴 (lúnbā)
倫常／伦常 (lúncháng)
倫序／伦序
倫敦／伦敦 (Lúndūn)
倫敦宣言／伦敦宣言
倫敦影展／伦敦影展
倫敦鐵塔／伦敦铁塔
倫次／伦次 (lúncì)
倫比／伦比 (lúnbǐ)
倫理／伦理 (lúnlǐ)
倫理學／伦理学 (lúnlǐxué)
倫理道德／伦理道德
倫紀／伦纪
倫類／伦类
傑克倫敦／杰克伦敦
傲視群倫／傲视群伦
儕倫／侪伦
克倫威爾／克伦威尔
克魯倫河／克鲁伦河
出倫之才／出伦之才
加倫河／加伦河
勞倫斯／劳伦斯 (Láolúnsī)
卓絕群倫／卓绝群伦
卡倫／卡伦
可倫坡／可伦坡 (Kělúnpō)

呼倫池／呼伦池
哥倫布／哥伦布 (Gēlúnbù)
哥倫比亞／哥伦比亚 (Gēlúnbǐyà)
噶倫／噶伦 (gálún)
土倫／土伦 (Tǔlún)
多倫多／多伦多 (Duōlúnduō)
多倫縣／多伦县
大倫／大伦
天倫／天伦 (tiānlún)
天倫之慘／天伦之惨
天倫之樂／天伦之乐 (tiānlúnzhīlè)
天倫庭闈／天伦庭闱
工作倫理／工作伦理
巴比倫／巴比伦 (Bābǐlún)
布倫口／布伦口 (Bùlúnkǒu)
布倫托海／布伦托海
布倫森／布伦森
常倫／常伦
庫倫／库伦 (kùlún)
彝倫／彝伦
彝倫攸斁／彝伦攸𭣧
彥倫鶴怨／彦伦鹤怨
悖倫／悖伦
愛倫凱／爱伦凯
愛倫坡／爱伦坡
拜倫／拜伦 (Bàilún)
敦倫／敦伦 (dūnlún)
敷教明倫／敷教明伦
明倫堂／明伦堂
曠古絕倫／旷古绝伦
校園倫理／校园伦理
海倫／海伦 (Hǎilún)
烏蘭木倫／乌兰木伦 (Wūlánmùlún)
無與倫比／无与伦比 (wúyǔlúnbǐ)

穎悟絕倫／颖悟绝伦
等倫／等伦
精妙絕倫／精妙绝伦
精美絕倫／精美绝伦
精采絕倫／精采绝伦
索倫／索伦 (Suǒlún)
絕世無倫／绝世无伦
絕世超倫／绝世超伦
絕倫／绝伦 (juélún)
絕倫超群／绝伦超群
綱常倫紀／纲常伦纪
羅家倫／罗家伦
群倫／群伦
舉世無倫／举世无伦
色藝絕倫／色艺绝伦
荒謬絕倫／荒谬绝伦 (huāngmiùjuélún)
華倫泰節／华伦泰节
蔡倫／蔡伦
裴倫／裴伦
語妙絕倫／语妙绝伦
語無倫次／语无伦次 (yǔwúlúncì)
超世絕倫／超世绝伦
超倫／超伦
超然邁倫／超然迈伦
超絕群倫／超绝群伦
超群絕倫／超群绝伦
超邁絕倫／超迈绝伦
越次超倫／越次超伦
軼倫／轶伦
逆倫／逆伦
逸群絕倫／逸群绝伦
鄂倫春族／鄂伦春族 (Èlúnchūnzú)
領先群倫／领先群伦
麥哲倫／麦哲伦 (Màizhélún)

Japanese

Kanji

倫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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)

a male given name

Compounds

倫理(りんり) (rinri)
倫敦(ロンドン) (Rondon)
絶倫(ぜつりん) (zetsurin)

Korean

Hanja

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

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

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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