Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

輪: wheel, ring

Also: circle, link, loop, counter for wheels and flowers

JLPT N215 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

車 carries the meaning · 侖 gives the sound

15 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

リンrin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 輪郭りんかくcontours, outlines
  • 車輪しゃりんwheel
  • 年輪ねんりんannual tree ring
  • 駐輪場ちゅうりんじょうparking area for bicycles

わwa · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 輪わcircle, loop
  • 輪ゴムわゴムrubber band
  • 指輪ゆびわring

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 高輪たかなわTakanawa (place name)

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Look down on the world's first machines! This character shows the wheels and the frame of an ancient wagon.”
More in the 車 cart story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
車

Also built on cart (車)

All 19
侖

Also built on 侖

輪 takes the 侖 family's reading, リン (rin).

Also read リン

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
輪 wheel · 車
vs論 argument · 言
輪 has 車 where 論 has 言.
In ChineseSimplified 轮 · traditional, as in Japanese · lún

Japan keeps the traditional form 輪; mainland China simplifies it to 轮.

Simplified
轮 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
輪 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lún most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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