輪囷

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (輪囷)		輪	囷
simp. (轮囷)		轮	囷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lúnjūn, lúnqūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄣ, ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ kwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúnjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúnjyun
    • Wade–Giles: lun²-chün¹
    • Yale: lwún-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luenjiun
    • Palladius: луньцзюнь (lunʹczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúnqūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúncyun
    • Wade–Giles: lun²-chʻün¹
    • Yale: lwún-chyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luenchiun
    • Palladius: луньцюнь (lunʹcjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ kwan¹
    • Yale: lèuhn kwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ kwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ kuen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lwin khwin

Rime
Character	輪	囷
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	眞 (45)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力迍切	去倫切
Baxter	lwin	khwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪn/	/kʰˠiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷin/	/kʰʷᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuen/	/kʰiuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwin/	/kʰjin/
Li Rong	/liuĕn/	/kʰjuĕn/
Wang Li	/lĭuĕn/	/kʰǐĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯uĕn/	/kʰi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lún	qūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leon4	fan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]u[n]  kʰrun/

  (Zhengzhang): /*run  kʰrun|ɡrun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	輪	囷
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lún	qūn
Middle Chinese	‹ lwin ›	‹ khwin ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]u[n]/	/*kʰrun/
English	wheel	round granary
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	輪	囷	囷
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	8663	10749	10751
Phonetic component	侖	囷	囷
Rime group	文	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	淪	囷
Old Chinese	/*run/	/*kʰrun/	/*ɡrun/
Notes		原列軫韻	去倫切所注又切

Adjective

輪囷

1. (literary, ideophonic) coiled; twisting; knotted; full of coils and turns

   • 蟠木根柢，輪囷離詭，而為萬乘器者。何則？以左右先為之容也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蟠木根柢，轮囷离诡，而为万乘器者。何则？以左右先为之容也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Pánmù gēndǐ, lúnqūn líguǐ, ér wéi wànshèng qì zhě. Hé zé? Yǐ zuǒyòu xiān wèi zhī róng yě. [Pinyin]

     A crooked tree's roots may be knotted and twisted in odd shapes, yet it can be valued by a noble prince. How can that be? Because the prince's attendants have polished them ahead of time.