Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
argument, discourse
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
227 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 論 【ロン】 argument, discussion, dispute, controversy, discourse, debate, theory (e.g. of evolution), doctrine, essay, treatise, comment
  • 論客 【ロンキャク】 controversialist, polemic, disputant
  • 公論 【コウロン】 public opinion, unbiased criticism, unbiassed criticism
  • 対論 【タイロン】 arguing face to face

Kun reading compounds

  • 論う 【あげつらう】 to discuss, to find fault with, to criticize, to criticise

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lun4, lun2
Korean:
ron, yun

Spanish

  • teoría
  • argumento
  • discurso

Portuguese

  • argumento
  • discurso

French

  • argumentation
  • discours
881 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1006 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
996 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
267 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4391 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
406 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
908 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2320 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
293 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
293 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
496 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1700 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1981 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1058 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1424 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1837 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35658 Morohashi
1574 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5646 New Nelson (John Haig)
1820 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1961 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
110 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
989 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3053 2001 Kanji
7a8.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-8 SKIP code
0862.7 Four corner code
1-47-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ad6 Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 駁撃 【バクゲキ】 attacking (someone's argument), arguing against, refuting, taking issue, contradicting
  • 駁する 【バクスル】 to oppose someone's opinion, to refute, to contradict
  • 甲論乙駁 【コウロンオツバク】 arguments pro and con
  • 弁駁 【ベンバク】 refutation, contradiction, rebuttal, disproof, disputation

Kun reading compounds

  • 斑 【ぶち】 spots, speckles, mottles
  • 斑毛 【ぶちげ】 leopard (horse coat pattern)
  • 黒斑 【こくはん】 black spot, black speck
  • 黒斑 【こくはん】 black spot, black speck

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bo2
Korean:
bag

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5197 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
44619 Morohashi
6733 New Nelson (John Haig)
2808 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2823 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
10a4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
7434.0 Four corner code
1-39-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99c1 Unicode hex code