伦 lún human relationships
怎么记住“伦”: 亻 person + 仑 in order = human relationships. The teacher says every person in class must keep things in order with the others, because that is how human relationships work.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
伦 = 亻 person + 仑 in order
- 亻 person meaning
- 仑 in order sound
The teacher says every person in class must keep things in order with the others, because that is how human relationships work.
How it came to be
The person gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- Human moral relationships and their proper order: 伦理 (lúnlǐ) ethics, 人伦 (rénlún) human relations, 天伦之乐 (tiānlúnzhīlè) the joys of family.
- By extension 'peer/of the same kind': 无与伦比 (wúyǔlúnbǐ) beyond compare, having no peer.
- Also the phonetic in loanwords, e.g. 伦敦 (Lúndūn) London.