掄

See also: 抡

掄 U+6384, 掄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6384 ← 掃 [U+6383] CJK Unified Ideographs 掅 → [U+6385]

Translingual

Han character

掄 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人一月 (QOMB), four-corner 5802₇, composition ⿰扌侖)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12238
• Dae Jaweon: page 786, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1900, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6384

Chinese

trad.		掄
simp.		抡

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
蜦	*ruːls, *run
綸	*kruːn, *ɡ·run
論	*ruːn, *ruːns, *run
崘	*ruːn
掄	*ruːn, *run
菕	*ruːn
惀	*ruːnʔ, *run
睔	*ɡ·ruːnʔ, *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
碖	*ruːnʔ, *ruːns
溣	*ruːns
倫	*run
淪	*run
輪	*run
侖	*run
陯	*run
鯩	*run
棆	*run
踚	*run
耣	*runʔ
錀	*pqʰlun

Characters in the same phonetic series (侖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ruːn, *run): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	掄	掄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	力迍切	盧昆切
Baxter	lwin	lwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪn/	/luən/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷin/	/luon/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuen/	/luən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwin/	/lwən/
Li Rong	/liuĕn/	/luən/
Wang Li	/lĭuĕn/	/luən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯uĕn/	/luən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lún	lún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leon4	leon4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掄	掄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8651	8665
Phonetic component	侖	侖
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	論	淪
Old Chinese	/*ruːn/	/*run/
Notes	見爾雅

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lūn, lún (lun¹, lun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣ, ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): lùng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lun
    • Wade–Giles: lun¹
    • Yale: lwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhuen
    • Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lún
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lún
    • Wade–Giles: lun²
    • Yale: lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luen
    • Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵/

Note: lún - "to select".

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leon⁴
    • Yale: lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn
    • Tâi-lô: lûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lwin, lwon

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːn/, /*run/

Definitions

掄

1. to swing; to brandish

   掄起拳頭／抡起拳头  ―  lūn qǐ quántóu  ―  to swing one's fist

2. to throw; to scatter

   把菜掄了一地／把菜抡了一地  ―  bǎ cài lūn le yī dì  ―  to scatter the vegetables over the ground

3. (figurative) to spend freely

   把錢掄光了／把钱抡光了  ―  bǎ qián lūn guāng le  ―  to squander all the money

4. (dialectal) to scold

   掄了我一頓／抡了我一顿  ―  lūn le wǒ yī dùn  ―  gave me a scolding

5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to select; to choose

   掄才／抡才  ―  lúncái  ―  to select men of ability

Synonyms

• (to swing): (Mandarin) 甩 (shuǎi); (Hokkien) 挕, 幌
• (to select):

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• 取 (qǔ)
• 取捨 / 取舍 (qǔshě)
• 抉擇 / 抉择 (juézé)
• 挑選 / 挑选 (tiāoxuǎn)
• 採擇 / 采择 (cǎizé)
• 揀 / 拣 (jiǎn)
• 揀擇 / 拣择 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 揀選 / 拣选 (jiǎnxuǎn)
• 摘
• 摘揀 / 摘拣 (Hokkien)
• 相中
• 看中 (kànzhòng)
• 簡 / 简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 選中 / 选中 (xuǎnzhòng)
• 選取 / 选取 (xuǎnqǔ)
• 選定 / 选定 (xuǎndìng)
• 選擇 / 选择 (xuǎnzé)

Compounds

• 掄不到 / 抡不到
• 掄元 / 抡元
• 掄拳 / 抡拳
• 掄掄掐掐 / 抡抡掐掐
• 掄材 / 抡材
• 掄眉豎目 / 抡眉竖目
• 比箭掄拳 / 比箭抡拳
• 胡掄混鬧 / 胡抡混闹

Japanese

Kanji

掄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろん (ron)、りん (rin)
• Kun: えらぶ (erabu)

Korean

Hanja

掄 • (ryun>yun) (hangeul 륜>윤, revised ryun>yun, McCune–Reischauer ryun>yun, Yale lyun>yun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掄: Hán Nôm readings: dọn, luân, luồn

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