綸

See also: 纶

綸 U+7DB8, 綸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DB8 ← 綷 [U+7DB7] CJK Unified Ideographs 綹 → [U+7DB9]

Translingual

Han character

綸 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火人一月 (VFOMB), four-corner 2892₇, composition ⿰糹侖)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27583
• Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3416, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7DB8

Chinese

trad.		綸
simp.		纶

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／形声, OC *kruːn, *ɡ·run) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lún (lun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lún
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lún
    • Wade–Giles: lun²
    • Yale: lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luen
    • Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴
    • Yale: lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lwin

Rime
Character	綸
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力迍切
Baxter	lwin
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leon4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.ru[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·run/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	綸
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lún
Middle Chinese	‹ lwin ›
Old Chinese	/*k.ru[n]/
English	woof; twist a cord
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	綸
Reading #	2/2
No.	8664
Phonetic component	侖
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	淪
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·run/

Definitions

綸

1. cyan ribbon
2. fishing line
3. thick rope
4. emperor's order
5. silk thread
6. to govern
7. wide
8. a place in Henan
9. Alternative term for 倫／伦 (lún).
10. a surname

Compounds

• 垂綸／垂纶
• 如奉綸音／如奉纶音
• 布綸堡／布纶堡
• 彌綸／弥纶
• 氯綸／氯纶
• 滌綸／涤纶 (dílún)
• 滿腹經綸／满腹经纶 (mǎnfùjīnglún)
• 紛綸／纷纶
• 絲綸／丝纶
• 經綸／经纶 (jīnglún)
• 經綸滿腹／经纶满腹
• 經綸濟世／经纶济世
• 維尼綸／维尼纶 (wéinílún)
• 綸扉／纶扉
• 綸綍／纶𰬘
• 維綸／维纶 (wéilún)
• 綸連／纶连
• 綸音／纶音
• 綸音佛語／纶音佛语
• 錦綸／锦纶 (jǐnlún)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guān (guan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guan
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹
    • Yale: gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan¹
    • Yale: gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwean

Rime
Character	綸
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	山 (74)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古頑切
Baxter	kwean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/kuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨn/
Li Rong	/kuɛn/
Wang Li	/kwæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rˤu[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kruːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	綸
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guān
Middle Chinese	‹ kwɛn ›
Old Chinese	/*k.rˁu[n]/ (dialect: *k.rˁ- > *kˁr-)
English	ribbon; kelp
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	綸
Reading #	1/2
No.	8648
Phonetic component	侖
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鰥
Old Chinese	/*kruːn/

Definitions

綸

1. a kind of marine plant
2. see 綸巾／纶巾 (guānjīn)

Compounds

• 綸巾／纶巾 (guānjīn)
• 羽扇綸巾／羽扇纶巾

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03143
• “綸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

綸

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. twine
2. fishing line

Readings

From Middle Chinese 綸 (MC lwin); compare Mandarin 綸／纶 (lún):

• Go-on: りん (rin)^{←りん (rin, historical)}
• Kan-on: りん (rin)^{←りん (rin, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 綸 (MC kwean); compare Mandarin 綸／纶 (guān):

• Go-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←くゑん (kwen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: いと (ito, 綸)
• Nanori: お (o); くみ (kumi)

Compounds

• 綸(かん)巾(きん) (kankin)
• 綸(りん)音(いん) (rin'in)
• 綸(りん)言(げん) (ringen)
• 綸(りん)旨(し) (rinshi)
• 綸(りん)旨(じ) (rinji)
• 綸(りん)子(ず) (rinzu) (綾(りん)子(ず))
• 綸(りん)宣(せん) (rinsen)
• 綸(りん)綍(ふつ) (rinfutsu)
• 綸(りん)命(めい) (rinmei)
• 経(けい)綸(りん) (keirin)
• 垂(すい)綸(りん) (suirin)
• 釣(ちょう)綸(りん) (chōrin)
• 弥(び)綸(りん) (birin)
• 紛(ふん)綸(りん) (funrin)

 

Korean

Hanja

綸 • (ryun>yun, gwan) (hangeul 륜>윤, 관, revised ryun>yun, gwan, McCune–Reischauer ryun>yun, kwan, Yale lyun>yun, kwan)

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Tày

Han character

綸 (transliteration needed)

1. Nôm form of lền.

References

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[2] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội