掄 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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lūn, lún

swing

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 侖 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

侖 Sound component

lún

arrange

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lūn

swing, brandish, flourish; to swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)

lún

to select

Most common words with 掄

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	抡	to fling (money)
	胡抡	to act rashly

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3869th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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