脐轮
qí​lún

manipura

脐 qí abdominal area of crab Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 齐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 臍.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

齐
齐 Sound component
qí even

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

轮 lún wheel Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 仑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 輪.

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
仑
仑 Sound component
lún, lùn logical reasons

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

臍 abdominal area of crab Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.

Components

月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon
齊
齊 Sound component
qí even, uniform

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzej[dz]ˤ[ə]jnavel
Zhengzhangzliːl
Unicodedzhei

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

輪 lún wheel Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 侖 represents the sound.

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
侖
侖 Sound component
arrange

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlwin[r]u[n] wheel

說文解字

《說文》：“輪，有輻曰輪，無輻曰輇。从車，侖聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)