Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Amazing Chinese Characters (682) Wheel - 轮(輪)

Bronze script of character Wheel is

, or

Just like ancient wheels. 

The big seal script of character Wheel is
The left is character Vehicle, the right is character Lecture. Lecture is to say the principles on bamboo books. Physically, bamboo book is like a cylinder, when you read, you roll the cylinder, which is similar to the wheel rolling on ground.

The small seal script of character Wheel is


Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Wheel is
Similar to older scripts.

The simplified song typeface of character Wheel is

Both character Vehicle and character Lecture simplified, the character lost all pictography.

Pinyin of the character is Lun2.




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