掄

See also: 抡

掄	U+6384, 掄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6384

← 掃
[U+6383]

CJK Unified Ideographs

掅 →
[U+6385]

Translingual

Han character

掄 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人一月 (QOMB), four-corner 5802₇, composition ⿰扌侖)

References

KangXi: page 436, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12238
Dae Jaweon: page 786, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1900, character 7
Unihan data for U+6384

Chinese

trad.		掄
simp.		抡

Glyph origin

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 *ruːn, *run) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lún, lūn (lun², lun¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ, ㄌㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴
Min Dong (BUC): lùng
Min Nan (POJ): lûn / nng

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/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lun
  - Wade–Giles: lun¹
  - Yale: lwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhuen
  - Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwən⁵⁵/

Note:

lún - "to select";
lūn - "to swing".

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon⁴
  - Yale: lèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn
  - Tâi-lô: lûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luun
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nng
  - Tâi-lô: nng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nngf
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nŋ̍⁴⁴/

Note: nng - 圇 is used in the Mainland.

Middle Chinese: /liuɪn/, /luən/

Rime
Character	掄	掄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	力迍切	盧昆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪn/	/luən/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷin/	/luon/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuen/	/luən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwin/	/lwən/
Li Rong	/liuĕn/	/luən/
Wang Li	/lĭuĕn/	/luən/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯uĕn/	/luən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lún	lún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leon⁴	leon⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ruːn/, /*run/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掄	掄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8651	8665
Phonetic component	侖	侖
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	論	淪
Old Chinese	/*ruːn/	/*run/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

掄

(literary) to select
to swing; to brandish
(literary) to waste money

Synonyms

(to select):

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Synonyms of 掄

取 (qǔ)
摘 (zhāi)
相中 (xiāngzhòng)
看中 (kànzhòng)
取捨／取舍 (qǔshě)
抉擇／抉择 (juézé)

挑選／挑选 (tiāoxuǎn)
採擇／采择 (cǎizé)
揀擇／拣择 (jiǎnzé) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
揀選／拣选 (jiǎnxuǎn)
摘揀／摘拣 (Min Nan)

簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
選中／选中 (xuǎnzhòng)
選取／选取 (xuǎnqǔ)
選定／选定 (xuǎndìng)
選擇／选择 (xuǎnzé)

(to swing): (Mandarin) 甩 (shuǎi)

Compounds

掄不到／抡不到
掄元／抡元
掄拳／抡拳

掄掄掐掐／抡抡掐掐
掄材／抡材
掄眉豎目／抡眉竖目

比箭掄拳／比箭抡拳
胡掄混鬧／胡抡混闹

Japanese

Kanji

掄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ろん (ron); りん (rin)
Kun: えらぶ (erabu)

Korean

Hanja

掄 • (ryun>yun) (hangeul 륜>윤, revised ryun>yun, McCune–Reischauer ryun>yun, Yale lyun>yun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掄: Hán Nôm readings: dọn, luân, luồn

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