侖 meaning and stroke order
Logical reasons, logical order
How to write 侖, stroke by stroke
8 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 侖
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to arrange
How 侖 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. To assemble 亼 a book 冊; to prepare an argument.
Radical: 人 (man), shared by 30 characters on this site.
How to remember 侖
侖 (lún) shows 亼, a roof-like cover meaning to gather, placed over 冊, bound bamboo slips or a book. Picture someone gathering the pages of a book into proper order, the way you would arrange the points of a careful argument.
侖 is rarely used alone in modern Chinese. It mostly appears as a sound and meaning part inside other characters, and in loanwords for its sound. A common word is 加仑 (jiālún), meaning gallon, as in 一加仑水 (yī jiālún shuǐ), one gallon of water.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 侖 with 論 (lùn, to discuss). 論 adds the speech radical 言 and has a fourth tone, while 侖 alone is second tone lún. Also note that in simplified writing the bottom 冊 part becomes 仑, so 加仑 is written with 仑, not 侖.
Common words with 侖
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 加侖 | jiālún | (loanword) gallon |
Characters that contain 侖
Learning 侖 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 侖
How many strokes are in 侖?
侖 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 侖 mean?
侖 (lún) means logical reasons, logical order. A common word with it is 加仑 (jiālún), meaning "(loanword) gallon".
How do you pronounce 侖?
侖 is pronounced lún, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 侖?
The radical of 侖 is 人, which carries the idea of "man". Dictionaries list 侖 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 侖?
侖 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 仑, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Which common characters contain 侖 as a component?
侖 appears in 論/论 (lùn, to discuss), 輪/轮 (lún, wheel), 倫/伦 (lún, human relations), 淪/沦 (lún, to sink) and 綸/纶 (lún, silk thread). In most of these it gives the sound lún, and often a sense of order or sequence.
What is the difference between 侖 and 仑?
仑 is the simplified form used in mainland China, and 侖 is the traditional form used in Taiwan and Hong Kong. They have the same sound and meaning.