淪

淪

See also: 沦

淪 U+6DEA, 淪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DEA ← 淩 [U+6DE9] CJK Unified Ideographs 淫 → [U+6DEB]

淪 U+F9D6, 淪 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9D6 ← 崙 [U+F9D5] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 輪 → [U+F9D7]

Translingual

Han character

淪 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水人一月 (EOMB), four-corner 3812₇, composition ⿰氵侖)

References

• KangXi: page 631, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17675
• Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1653, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6DEA
• Unihan data for U+F9D6

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Chinese

trad.		淪
simp.		沦

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 *run) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lún (lun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lûn

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: /liuɪn/

Rime
Character	淪
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	淪
Reading #	1/1
No.	8662
Phonetic component	侖
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	淪
Old Chinese	/*run/

Definitions

淪

1. to sink (into ruin), decline, fall
2. to be lost
3. to sink, be submerged
4. (of water) small waves

Compounds

奫淪／奫沦 沉淪／沉沦 (chénlún) 浹髓淪肌／浃髓沦肌 浹髓淪膚／浃髓沦肤 淪亡／沦亡 (lúnwáng) 淪喪／沦丧 (lúnsàng) 淪敗／沦败 淪替／沦替 淪棄／沦弃 淪波舟／沦波舟

淪漣／沦涟 淪漪／沦漪 淪肌浹髓／沦肌浃髓 淪胥／沦胥 淪落／沦落 (lúnluò) 淪落人／沦落人 淪跡／沦迹 淪陷／沦陷 (lúnxiàn) 淪陷區／沦陷区 (lúnxiànqū)

淪隱／沦隐 混淪／混沦 (hùndùn) 渾淪／浑沦 (húnlún) 湮淪／湮沦 漂淪／漂沦 鄧虜淪敦／邓虏沦敦 隱淪／隐沦 鱗淪／鳞沦 鶻淪／鹘沦

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Japanese

Kanji

淪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. ripples
2. sink

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin)
• Kan-on: りん (rin)
• On: ろん (ron)
• Kun: しずむ (shizumu, 淪む)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

淪: Hán Nôm readings: lún

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