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lún

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lún Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lún | lun2
English translation
wheel; to turn, to revolve; to recur

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About lún

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

lún

Contains the radical

chē

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

wheel

Etymology of lún

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

車侖

Semantic compound

chē

Phonetic compound

lún

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Chē represents the meaning and lún represents the sound. Simplified form of lún .

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Words with lún

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lún wheel lún
轮胎 lúntāi tire輪胎
轮椅 lún yǐ wheelchair輪椅
轮流 lúnliú to alternate輪流
轮子 lún zi wheel輪子
车轮 chē lún wheel車輪
首轮 shǒu lún first round (of a competition etc)首輪
第二轮 dì èr lún second round (of match, or election)第二輪
轮廓 lúnkuò an outline輪廓
邮轮 yóu lún ocean liner郵輪
轮回 lún huí to reincarnate輪迴
齿轮 chǐ lún (machine) gear齒輪
三轮车 sān lún chē pedicab三輪車
第一轮 dì yī lún first round (of match, or election)第一輪
轮船 lúnchuán steamship輪船
油轮 yóu lún tanker (ship)油輪
渡轮 dù lún ferry boat渡輪
左轮手枪 zuǒ lún shǒu qiāng revolver左輪手槍
涡轮 wō lún turbine渦輪
轮班 lún bān shift working輪班
轮番 lún fān in turn輪番
轮换 lún huàn to rotate輪換
游轮 yóu lún cruise ship遊輪
法轮功 Fǎ lún gōng Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government)法輪功
轮渡 lún dù ferry輪渡

lún Decomposition & Compounds

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