Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 侖 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (轮)
仑 Phonetic component
lún logical reasons
Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
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墼 庫 warehouse (trad/jp)斬 hew (trad/jp)軋 flatten (trad)軌 rails (trad/jp)軍 army (trad/jp)軒 veranda (trad/jp)軔 Block A Block That (trad)軛 collar (trad)軟 soft (trad/jp)軫 cross board at (trad)軲 Wheel A Wheel (trad)軸 axle (trad/jp)軻 personal (trad)軼 rush (trad)軾 horizontal (trad)輂 horse carriage較 relatively (trad/jp)載 laden (trad/jp)輊 low (trad)
Historical Evolution
轮
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
轮
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
轮
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
轮
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
轮
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
轮
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
轮
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
轮
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
轮
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
轮
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
轮
Regular
Modern
Chinese
轮 / 輪 [lún]
wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; by turn; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
輪 めぐり
Meguri female given name
輪 りん
Rin female given name
輪 るん
Run female given name
CHINESE WORDS (158)
轮胎 [lúntāi] #3,917
tire
轮椅 [lúnyǐ] #4,911
wheelchair
轮流 [lúnliú] #9,486
to alternate
轮子 [lúnzi] #7,441
wheel
车轮 [chēlún] #10,604
wheel
首轮 [shǒulún] #62,094
first round (of a competition etc)
第二轮 [dì'èrlún] #7,551
second round (of match, or election)
轮廓 [lúnkuò] #11,792
an outline
邮轮 [yóulún] #23,827
ocean liner
轮回 [lúnhuí] #15,353
to reincarnate
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 指輪 [ゆびわ] #3,671
(finger) ring
⭐ 輪郭 [りんかく] #6,631
contour
首輪 [くびわ] #9,332
(animal) collar
⭐ 車輪 [しゃりん] #10,068
(vehicle) wheel
腕輪 [うでわ] #12,553
bracelet
一輪 [いちりん] #17,516
single flower
金輪際 [こんりんざい] #21,858
(not) ever
大輪 [たいりん] #22,118
large-flowered
輪っか [わっか] #23,377
ring
⭐ 俄 [にわか] #24,180
sudden
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