仑

侖/崘/崙

lún

人 + 匕

Definitions

lún (verb) to arrange

Etymology

Simplified form of 侖. Depicts an assembly (亼) of writings (冊).

About

仑 is the simplified form of 侖, a character that depicts an assembly (亼) of writings (冊) to suggest logical order and systematic arrangement. In the traditional structure, 亼 conveys a gathering and 冊 represents bamboo slips bound as a book, together emphasizing ordered thought. The simplified character replaces the lower 冊 with 匕, drastically cutting strokes while maintaining a similar silhouette. Now rarely used independently, 仑 serves almost exclusively as a phonetic component in characters like 论, 轮, and 伦, or as a transliteration element for foreign names.

Etymology Hide

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

我买了一加仑牛奶。

Wǒ mǎi le yī jiālún niúnǎi.

I bought a gallon of milk.

昆仑山在中国西部。

Kūnlún Shān zài Zhōngguó xībù.

The Kunlun Mountains are in western China.

伦理问题很重要。

Lúnlǐ wèntí hěn zhòngyào.

Ethical issues are very important.

库仑是电荷单位。

Kùlún shì diànhè dānwèi.

Coulomb is a unit of electric charge.

我们学习了库仑定律。

Wǒmen xuéxí le kùlún dìnglǜ.

We studied Coulomb's law.

昆仑山脉的景色很壮观。

Kūnlún shānmài de jǐngsè hěn zhuàngguān.

The scenery of the Kunlun mountain range is very spectacular.

这本书讨论了商业伦理。

Zhè běn shū tǎolùn le shāngyè lúnlǐ.

This book discusses business ethics.

在物理学中，库仑力与距离的平方成反比。

Zài wùlǐxué zhōng, kùlún lì yǔ jùlí de píngfāng chéng fǎnbǐ.

In physics, Coulomb force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.

Related Characters

Composed characters:

Component: 人

Component: 匕

仑