# 掄

| 掄 | U+6384, &#25476; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6384 |
| ← 掃 [U+6383] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 掅 → [U+6385] |

## Translingual
### Han character

掄 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人一月 (QOMB), four-corner 5802$_7$, composition ⿰扌侖)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12238
* Dae Jaweon: page 786, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1900, character 7
* Unihan data for U+6384

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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／形声, OC *ruːn, *run) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lún, lūn (lun$^2$, lun$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ, ㄌㄨㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leon$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lùng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûn / nng
* 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/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lun
*** Wade–Giles: lun$^1$
*** Yale: lwūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhuen
*** Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯ən⁵⁵/
* lún - "to select";
* lūn - "to swing".
* Middle Chinese: lwin, lwon
Rime :
| Character | 掄 | 掄 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 力迍切 | 盧昆切 |
| Baxter | lwin | lwon |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liuɪn/ | /luən/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lʷin/ | /luon/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljuen/ | /luən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lwin/ | /lwən/ |
| Li Rong | /liuĕn/ | /luən/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭuĕn/ | /luən/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯uĕn/ | /luən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lún | lún |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leon$^4$ | leon$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ruːn/, /*run/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 掄 | 掄 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8651 | 8665 |
| Phonetic component | 侖 | 侖 |
| Rime group | 文 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 論 | 淪 |
| Old Chinese | /*ruːn/ | /*run/ |
| Notes | 見爾雅 | |

### Definitions

掄
* (literary) to select
* to swing; to brandish
* (literary) to waste money

#### Synonyms

* (to select):
* 取 (qǔ)
* 取捨／取舍 (qǔshě)
* 抉擇／抉择 (juézé)
* 挑選／挑选 (tiāoxuǎn)
* 採擇／采择 (cǎizé)
* 揀／拣 (jiǎn)
* 揀擇／拣择 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 揀選／拣选 (jiǎnxuǎn)
* 摘
* 摘揀／摘拣 (Hokkien)
* 相中
* 看中 (kànzhòng)
* 簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 選中／选中 (xuǎnzhòng)
* 選取／选取 (xuǎnqǔ)
* 選定／选定 (xuǎndìng)
* 選擇／选择 (xuǎnzé)
* (to swing): (Mandarin) 甩 (shuǎi)

#### Compounds

* 掄不到／抡不到
* 掄元／抡元
* 掄拳／抡拳
* 掄掄掐掐／抡抡掐掐
* 掄材／抡材
* 掄眉豎目／抡眉竖目
* 比箭掄拳／比箭抡拳
* 胡掄混鬧／胡抡混闹

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ろん (ron)、りん (rin)
* Kun: えらぶ (erabu)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

掄: Hán Nôm readings: dọn, luân, luồn
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