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纶

lún

Character Traditional 綸

What 纶 means

1. to classify
2. to twist silk
3. silk thread

Words containing 纶

• 丙纶bǐng lúnpolypropylene fiber
• 氨纶ān lúnspandex; elastane
• 氯纶lǜ lúnpolyvinyl chloride fiber; PRC brand name for PVC fiber
• 涤纶dí lúnpolyester fiber
• 维纶wéi lúnvinylon, synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl alcohol (loanword)
• 桂纶镁Guì Lún měiGuey Lun-mei (1983-), Taiwanese actress
• 炎亚纶Yán Yà lúnAaron Yan (1986-), Taiwanese singer
• 满腹经纶mǎn fù jīng lúnfull of political wisdom (idiom); politically astute…
• 腈纶jīng lúnacrylic fiber
• 维尼纶wéi ní lúnsee 维纶
• 绦纶dí lúnvariant of 涤纶

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
• 抡lūnto swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)
• 囵lúnused in 囫囵

Characters that look like 纶

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
• 枪qiānggun; firearm; rifle
• 纯chúnpure; simple; unmixed
• 抢qiǎngto fight over; to rush; to scramble
• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly
• 抡lūnto swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)

Sounds the same

Read lún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 轮wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate
• 伦human relationship; order; coherence
• 仑to arrange
• 沦to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to
• 抡to select
• 囵used in 囫囵
• 婨(used in female names) (old)
• 菕(archaic) tree (exact species unknown)
• 𬬭(metal); roentgenium (chemistry)
• 论abbr. for 论语