Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
wheel, ring, circle, link, loop, counter for wheels and flowers
Kun:
On:
リン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
693 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 輪 【リン】 counter for wheels and flowers
  • 輪郭 【リンカク】 contour, outline, silhouette, summary, outline, sketch, looks, features
  • 三輪 【サンリン】 three wheels
  • 競輪 【ケイリン】 keirin, cycle racing event, usu. 2 km with a paced start and sprint finish

Kun reading compounds

  • 輪 【わ】 ring, circle, loop, hoop, wheel, circle (e.g. of friends), planetary ring
  • 輪切り 【わぎり】 cutting in round slices, round slice, dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
  • 埴輪 【はにわ】 haniwa, hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
  • 後輪 【こうりん】 rear wheel, cantle

Readings

Japanese names:
なわ、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lun2
Korean:
ryun

Spanish

  • rueda
  • anillo
  • círculo
  • eslabón
  • contador de flores
  • aro

Portuguese

  • roda
  • argola
  • círculo
  • elo
  • laço
  • comtador para rodas e flores

French

  • roue
  • anneau
  • cercle
  • maillon
  • boucle
  • compteur de roues ou fleurs
533 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
631 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
601 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
959 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4630 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
846 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
942 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2316 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1221 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
498 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1781 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1999 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1067 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1436 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1839 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38400 Morohashi
1589 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5973 New Nelson (John Haig)
1822 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1963 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
630 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1553 2001 Kanji
7c8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-8 SKIP code
5802.7 Four corner code
1-46-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f2a Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
ring, circle, loop
Kun:
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
409 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 環 【カン】 ring, band, rim, ring, circum-
  • 環境 【カンキョウ】 environment, surroundings, circumstances
  • 円環 【エンカン】 circle, ring, torus
  • 外環 【ガイカン】 outer ring, outer loop

Kun reading compounds

  • 輪 【わ】 ring, circle, loop, hoop, wheel, circle (e.g. of friends), planetary ring
  • 浮き輪 【うきわ】 swim ring, swimming ring, life buoy, life belt, life preserver, lifesaver
  • 腕輪 【うでわ】 bracelet, bangle

Readings

Japanese names:
たま、 たまき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan2
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • círculo
  • anillo
  • eslabón
  • giro

Portuguese

  • argola
  • círculo
  • elo
  • roda

French

  • anneau
  • cercle
  • roue
  • maillon
1115 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
991 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2970 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1568 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
737 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2620 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
865 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
884 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1035 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1323 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1395 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
747 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
844 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21287 Morohashi
1090 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3680 New Nelson (John Haig)
836 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
899 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1875 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3165 2001 Kanji
4f13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-13 SKIP code
1613.2 Four corner code
1-20-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74b0 Unicode hex code