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抡

lūn

Character Traditional 掄

What 抡 means

1. to swing (one's arms, a heavy object)
2. to wave (a sword, one's fists)
3. to fling (money)

Other readings

抡 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lúnto select

Words starting with 抡

• 抡元lún yuánto win the top award; to come first in the examination rankings

Words containing 抡

• 胡抡hú lūnto act rashly

Characters built on 仑

These share the phonetic component 仑 (lún), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 论lùnopinion; view; theory
• 轮lúnwheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate
• 伦lúnhuman relationship; order; coherence
• 沦lúnto sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to
• 纶lúnto classify; to twist silk; silk thread
• 囵lúnused in 囫囵

Characters that look like 抡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 轮lúnwheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate
• 伦lúnhuman relationship; order; coherence
• 拘jūto capture; to restrain; to constrain
• 抢qiǎngto fight over; to rush; to scramble
• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 杨yángpoplar