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淪
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沦
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sink

HSK 10
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lún
リン、ロン
しず.む
륜, 논
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 侖 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (淪)
氵 water (drops)+ 侖 logical =
淪 sink
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
侖 Phonetic component
logical
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Simplified (沦)
氵 water (drops)+ 仑 logical reasons =
沦 be lost
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
仑 Phonetic component
lún logical reasons
Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
淪
Regular
Modern
Chinese
沦 / 淪 [lún]
to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
淪 さざなみ
Sazanami surname
CHINESE WORDS (13)
沦落 [lún​luò] #13,856
to degenerate
沦为 [lún​wéi] #20,128
to sink down to
沉沦 [chén​lún] #15,249
to sink into (vice, depravity etc)
沦陷 [lún​xiàn] #21,899
to fall into enemy hands
沦丧 [lún​sàng] #39,812
to be lost
沦陷区 [lún​xiàn​qū] #47,794
enemy-held territory
沦亡 [lún​wáng] #58,805
(of a country) to perish
沦没 [lún​mò] #69,579
to sink
沦灭 [lún​miè] #73,286
to perish
沦肌浃髓 [lún​jī​jiā​suǐ] #73,494
lit. penetrate to the marrow (idiom); deeply affected
3 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
沈淪 [ちんりん] #128,278
sinking into obscurity
淪落 [りんらく] #137,422
ruin
KOREAN WORDS (1)
윤락
prostitution