論
lùnLún

debate

论 (論) lùn frequency
consider verb
to regard, judge, or treat according to certain criteria

我们应当论功行赏。

wǒ​men yīng​dāng lùn gōng xíng​shǎng.

We should reward people according to their merits.

discuss verb
to discuss, talk about, or discourse upon

我们今天不谈私事，只论公事。

wǒ​men jīn​tiān bù tán sī​shì, zhǐ lùn gōng​shì.

We are not talking about private matters today, only official business.

per verb
by the (unit), according to a specific measurement like hour or kilogram

这里的苹果是论斤卖的。

zhè​lǐ de píng​guǒ shì lùn jīn mài de.

The apples here are sold by the catty.

theory noun
an opinion, view, doctrine, or theoretical system

他的进化论在当时引起了巨大的争议。

tā de jìn​huà​lùn zài dāng​shí yǐn​qǐ le jù​dà de zhēng​yì.

His theory of evolution caused great controversy at the time.

论 (論) Lún
The Analects verb
Abbreviation for The Analects (of Confucius)

《论》、《孟》是儒家经典。

《 Lún》,《 Mèng》 shì Rú​jiā jīng​diǎn.

The 'Analects' and 'Mencius' are Confucian classics.

Frequency
Character
Written text
205th most common 1018.9 per million
Movie subtitles
438th most common 335.9 per million appears in 78% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
10.7 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
51.2 per million

Details
Simplified
论
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+8AD6

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)