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淪

淪

See also: 沦

Translingual

Han character

淪 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水人一月 (EOMB), four-corner 38127, composition ⿰氵侖)

  1. to sink (into ruin), decline, fall
  2. be lost
  3. to sink, be submerged

References

  • KangXi: page 631, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17675
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1653, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6DEA

Chinese

trad. 淪
simp. 沦

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (侖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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, OC *run) : semantic 水 ‎(“water”) + phonetic 侖 ‎(OC *run).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 淪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 諄 (47)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力迍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /liuɪn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lʷin/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ljuen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lwin/
Li
Rong		 /liuĕn/
Wang
Li		 /lĭuĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /li̯uĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lún
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淪
Reading # 1/1
No. 8662
Phonetic
component		 侖
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 淪
Old
Chinese		 /*run/

Definitions

淪

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Compounds

  • 奫淪／奫沦
  • 沉淪／沉沦 (chénlún)
  • 浹髓淪肌／浃髓沦肌
  • 浹髓淪膚／浃髓沦肤
  • 淪亡／沦亡
  • 淪喪／沦丧 (lúnsàng)
  • 淪敗／沦败
  • 淪替／沦替
  • 淪棄／沦弃
  • 淪波舟／沦波舟
  • 淪漣／沦涟
  • 淪漪／沦漪
  • 淪肌浹髓／沦肌浃髓
  • 淪胥／沦胥
  • 淪落／沦落 (lúnluò)
  • 淪落人／沦落人
  • 淪跡／沦迹
  • 淪陷／沦陷 (lúnxiàn)

Japanese

Kanji

淪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

淪 • ‎(ryun>yun, non) (hangeul 륜>윤, 논, revised ryun>yun, non, McCune-Reischauer ryun>yun, non, Yale lyun>yun, non)

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