Hanja Analyzer
淪

淪 — ryun, non

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빠질 륜, 빠질 논
Romanization
ryun, non
English
be lost; sink, be submerged
Mandarin
lún
Japanese on'yomi
リン, ロン, カン
Japanese kun'yomi
しず.む
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
水 (85, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
侖(륜)
Unicode
U+6DEA

Parts that make up 淪

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 侖 산이름/차례 륜sound 죽간을 차례로 엮은 모양‘륜·론’ 계열의 소리

How 淪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 淪 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 侖.

Korean example words with 淪

  • 침륜沈淪 Korean gloss: 재산이나 권세가 없어지고 보잘것없이 됨
  • 윤락녀淪落女 Korean gloss: 윤락 행위를 하는 여자
  • 윤락업淪落業 Korean gloss: 윤락 행위를 제공하는 사업
  • 윤락가淪落街 Korean gloss: 윤락 업소들이 모여 있는 거리
  • 윤락촌淪落村 Korean gloss: 윤락 업소들이 모여 있는 거리
  • 윤몰淪沒 Korean gloss: 죄에 빠짐.
  • 윤망淪亡 Korean gloss: 망하여 없어짐.
  • 윤멸淪滅 Korean gloss: 망하여 없어짐.
  • 인륜鱗淪 Korean gloss: 비늘같이 보이는 잔물결.
  • 은륜隱淪 Korean gloss: 물건이 가라앉아 보이지 아니함.
  • 인륜湮淪 Korean gloss: 자취도 없이 모두 없어짐. 또는 그렇게 없앰.
  • 윤락업소淪落業所 Korean gloss: 돈을 받고 윤락 행위를 제공하는 영업을 하는 곳

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 淪

  • 沈淪ちんりん sinking into obscurity; coming down in the world; being ruined
  • 淪落りんらく ruin; depravity; corruption

Characters sharing the phonetic 侖

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “륜” in Korean.

倫 圇 崙 掄 綸 論 輪

Other hanja read “륜”

侖 倫 嗧 圇 崙 掄 綸 輪

Other hanja with radical 水

水 氷 永 氾 氿 汀 汁 求 汃 汋 汎 汏 汐 汒 汔 汕 汗 汙 汚 汛 汜 汝 汞 江 池 污 汨 汩 汪 汭 汰 汲 汴 汶 決 汽 汾 沁 沂 沃 沄 沅 沆 沇 沈 沉 沌 沍 沐 沒 沓 沔 沕 沖 沘 沙 沚 沛 没 沢

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