轮 meaning and stroke order
Wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate
How to write 轮, 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 轮
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- wheel; disk; ring
- steamship
- to take turns; to rotate
- classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
How 轮 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Wheel.
车 gives the meaning and 仑 hints at the sound.
Radical: 车 (cart), shared by 50 characters on this site.
How to remember 轮
轮 (lún) is pictophonetic: 车 (chē, vehicle) on the left gives the meaning, and 仑 (lún) on the right gives the sound. Picture the part of a vehicle that goes round and round: the wheel.
轮 appears in words for wheels and round things, like 车轮 (chēlún) and 轮胎 (lúntāi), and in words about taking turns, like 轮流 (lúnliú). It is also a classifier for rounds of events. Example: 现在轮到你了。(Xiànzài lún dào nǐ le.) Now it's your turn.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 轮 with 论 (lùn, to discuss), which shares the 仑 part but has the speech radical 讠 and a fourth tone. If the meaning involves wheels, turns, or vehicles, use 车 on the left.
Common words with 轮
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 轮椅 | lúnyǐ | wheelchair | HSK 4 |
| 轮子 | lúnzi | wheel; (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner | HSK 4 |
| 轮船 | lúnchuán | steamship; steamer; steamboat | HSK 4 |
| 轮胎 | lúntāi | tire; pneumatic tire | HSK 7-9 |
| 轮流 | lúnliú | to alternate; to take turns | HSK 7-9 |
| 车轮 | chēlún | wheel | HSK 7-9 |
| 轮廓 | lúnkuò | outline; silhouette | HSK 7-9 |
| 轮换 | lúnhuàn | to rotate; to take turns | HSK 7-9 |
| 轮到 | lúndào | to be (sb's or sth's) turn | |
| 一轮 | yīlún | first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) | |
| 轮回 | lúnhuí | (Buddhism) samsara; cycle of rebirth; to recur cyclically; to succeed one another in cycle | |
| 齿轮 | chǐlún | (machine) gear; pinion (gear wheel) | |
| 涡轮 | wōlún | turbine | |
| 第一轮 | dìyīlún | first round (of match, or election) |
轮 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 轮
How many strokes are in 轮?
轮 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 轮 mean?
轮 (lún) means wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate. A common word with it is 轮椅 (lúnyǐ), meaning "wheelchair".
How do you pronounce 轮?
轮 is pronounced lún, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 轮?
The radical of 轮 is 车, which carries the idea of "cart". Dictionaries list 轮 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 轮?
The traditional form of 轮 is 輪. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 轮 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 轮 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 轮 is part of the HSK 4 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do I say 'it's my turn' in Chinese?
Say 轮到我了 (lún dào wǒ le). The pattern 轮到 + person means it is that person's turn.
How is 轮 used as a measure word?
It counts rounds of recurring events, as in 第一轮比赛 (dì yī lún bǐsài), the first round of the competition. It can also count big round objects, as in 一轮明月 (yì lún míngyuè), a bright moon.