# 侖

| 侖 | U+4F96, &#20374; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F96 |
| ← 侕 [U+4F95] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 侗 → [U+4F97] |

## Translingual
### Han character

侖 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人一月廿 (OMBT), four-corner 8022$_7$, composition ⿱亼𠕁)

#### Derived characters

* 倫, 𠗣, 㖮, 埨, 婨, 崘, 惀, 掄, 淪, 陯, 㫻, 棆, 㷍, 腀, 睔, 碖, 稐, 綸, 耣, 䎾, 䑳, 蜦, 論, 踚, 輪, 錀, 鯩, 𡈺
* 𠁄, 𡃋, 𫭕, 崙, 菕, 嗧, 䈁, 圇, 癟

#### See also

* 𠎤, 龠

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 599
* Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 143, character 1
* Unihan data for U+4F96

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侖 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Bronze inscriptionsb08007Small seal scripts03766s03767Transcribed ancient scriptsL31447L31448L31449L31450L05399L05400L05401L05402 |||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). |||
| | 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 |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 亼 + 冊 (“book”). The component 亼 can be interpreted as either "gather" ("to gather books" therefore "order") or as a downward mouth ("reading words as they're written" therefore "order"). Similar but unrelated to 龠.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lún (lun$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leon$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lùn
    (Hailu, HRS): lun
* Eastern Min (BUC): lùng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): long$^2$ / luong$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lûn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lung$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lún
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lún
*** Wade–Giles: lun$^2$
*** Yale: lwún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luen
*** Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯ən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leon$^4$
*** Yale: lèuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loen$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lên$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùn
*** Hakka Romanization System: lun$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lun¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: lun
*** Sinological IPA: /lun⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lùng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃uŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: long$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: luong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /luoŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lung$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lûng
*** Sinological IPA : /luŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: lwin
Rime :
| Character | 侖 |
| 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 |
| Baxter | lwin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liuɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lʷin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljuen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lwin/ |
| Li Rong | /liuĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭuĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯uĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lún |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leon$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*run/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 侖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8666 |
| Phonetic component | 侖 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 淪 |
| Old Chinese | /*run/ |

#### Definitions

侖
* Alternative form of 倫 / 伦 (“reason; order”)

##### Usage notes

Nowadays, this character is primarily used phonetically in the transcriptions of foreign names.

#### Compounds

* 侖琴 / 仑琴
* 侖琴射線 / 仑琴射线
* 加侖 / 加仑 (jiālún)
* 加侖比亞 / 加仑比亚
* 密侖 / 密仑
* 庫侖 / 库仑 (kùlún)
* 庫侖定律 / 库仑定律
* 毫侖目 / 毫仑目
* 美侖美奐 / 美仑美奂

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 侖 – see 崙. (This character is a variant traditional form of 崙).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* think, be methodical

#### Readings

* Go-on: りん (rin)
* Kan-on: りん (rin)
* On: ろん (ron)
* Kun: おもう (omou, 侖う)
* Nanori: みち (michi)

## Korean
### Hanja

侖 • (ryun>yun) (hangeul 륜>윤, revised ryun>yun, McCune–Reischauer ryun>yun, Yale lyun>yun)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

侖: Hán Nôm readings: lỏn, lốn, lổn, lôn, lủn, luân, lũn, lụm, lụn, trôn
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#### References

* Nom Foundation