沦
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to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to
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How 沦 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 仑 (phonetic, lún)
How to remember it
sink · Heisig RSH #1712
水 water + lifeguard
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 仑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 仑 (lún) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仑 sound component | lún | logical reasons, logical order |
| 轮 | lún | wheel; to turn, to revolve; to recur |
| 囵 | lún | all, complete, entire |
| 抡 | lūn | to swing, to flourish, to brandish |
Words containing 沦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 道德沦丧 | dào dé lún sàng | moral bankruptcy; moral degeneracy |
| 沦陷区 | lún xiàn qū | enemy-held territory |
| 沦为 | lún wéi | to sink down to; to be reduced to (sth inferior) |
| 沦落 | lún luò | to degenerate; impoverished; to fall (into poverty); to be reduced (to begging) |
| 沦没 | lún mò | to sink; to drown |
| 沉沦 | chén lún | to sink into (vice, depravity etc); to pass into oblivion; downfall; passing |
| 沦灭 | lún miè | to perish; extinction |
| 沦丧 | lún sàng | to be lost; to be ruined; to perish; to wither away |
| 沦亡 | lún wáng | (of a country) to perish; to be annexed; subjugation (to a foreign power) |
| 沦陷 | lún xiàn | to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge |
| 沦肌浃髓 | lún jī jiā suǐ | lit. penetrate to the marrow (idiom); deeply affected; moved to the core |
| 沦浃 | lún jiā | to be deeply affected; moved to the core |