綸

See also: 纶

綸	U+7DB8, 綸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DB8

← 綷
[U+7DB7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

綹 →
[U+7DB9]

Translingual

Han character

綸 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火人一月 (VFOMB), four-corner 2892₇, composition ⿰糸侖)

References

KangXi: page 928, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27583
Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3416, character 10
Unihan data for U+7DB8

Chinese

trad.		綸
simp.		纶

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 *kruːn, *ɡ·run) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lún (lun²)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴

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/

Middle Chinese: /liuɪn/

Rime
Character	綸
Reading #	1/2
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): /*k.ru[n]/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·run/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	綸
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lún
Middle Chinese	‹ lwin ›
Old Chinese	/*k.ru[n]/
English	woof; twist a cord
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	綸
Reading #	2/2
No.	8664
Phonetic component	侖
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	淪
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·run/

Definitions

綸

cyan ribbon
fishing line
thick rope
emperor's order
silk thread
to govern
wide
a place in Henan
Alternative term for 倫／伦 (lún).
a surname

Compounds

垂綸／垂纶
如奉綸音／如奉纶音
布綸堡／布纶堡
彌綸／弥纶
氯綸／氯纶
滌綸／涤纶 (dílún)
滿腹經綸／满腹经纶 (mǎnfùjīnglún)

紛綸／纷纶
絲綸／丝纶
經綸／经纶 (jīnglún)
經綸滿腹／经纶满腹
經綸濟世／经纶济世
維尼綸／维尼纶 (wéinílún)
維綸／维纶 (wéilún)

綸扉／纶扉
綸綍／纶𰬘
綸連／纶连
綸音／纶音
綸音佛語／纶音佛语
錦綸／锦纶 (jǐnlún)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guān (guan¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guan
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹
  - Yale: gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
  - Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaan¹
  - Yale: gwāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kˠuɛn/

Rime
Character	綸
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	山 (74)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古頑切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/kuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨn/
Li Rong	/kuɛn/
Wang Li	/kwæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaan¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rˤu[n]/
(Zhengzhang): /*kruːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	綸
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guān
Middle Chinese	‹ kwɛn ›
Old Chinese	/k.rˁu[n]/ (dialect: k.rˁ- > *kˁr-)
English	ribbon; kelp
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	綸
Reading #	1/2
No.	8648
Phonetic component	侖
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鰥
Old Chinese	/*kruːn/

Definitions

綸

a kind of marine plant
see 綸巾／纶巾 (guānjīn)

Compounds

綸巾／纶巾 (guānjīn)

羽扇綸巾／羽扇纶巾

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03143
“綸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

綸

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

twine
fishing line

Readings

From Middle Chinese 綸 (MC liuɪn); compare Mandarin 綸 (lún):

Go-on: りん (rin)^{←りん (rin, historical)}
Kan-on: りん (rin)^{←りん (rin, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 綸 (MC kˠuɛn); compare Mandarin 綸 (guān):

Go-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)}^{←くゑん (kwen, ancient)}
Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

Kun: いと (ito, 綸)
Nanori: お (o); くみ (kumi)

Compounds

綸(かん)巾(きん) (kankin)
綸(りん)音(いん) (rin'in)
綸(りん)言(げん) (ringen)
綸(りん)旨(し) (rinshi)
綸(りん)旨(じ) (rinji)
綸(りん)子(ず) (rinzu) (綾(りん)子(ず))
綸(りん)宣(せん) (rinsen)
綸(りん)綍(ふつ) (rinfutsu)
綸(りん)命(めい) (rinmei)
経(けい)綸(りん) (keirin)
垂(すい)綸(りん) (suirin)
釣(ちょう)綸(りん) (chōrin)
弥(び)綸(りん) (birin)
紛(ふん)綸(りん) (funrin)

Korean

Hanja

綸 • (ryun>yun, gwan) (hangeul 륜>윤, 관, revised ryun>yun, gwan, McCune–Reischauer ryun>yun, kwan, Yale lyun>yun, kwan)

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Tày

Han character

綸 (transliteration needed)

Nôm form of lền.

References

Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội