二仑
èr​lún

Erlun

二 èr two

Two horizontal strokes, representing the number two.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 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
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

Component uses

Meaning (4 of 8 verified)

些次再仁竺贰佞貳

Sound (1)

次

Simplified (1)

兰

Distinguishing (1)

亘

Iconic (1)

亙

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyijHni[j]-s two

說文解字

《說文》：“二，地之數也。从偶一。弍，古文。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

仑 lún, lùn logical reasons Simplified

Simplified form of 侖. Depicts an assembly (亼) of writings (冊).

Components

亼
亼 MeaningSimplified component
jí (upside-down mouth), to assemble
匕
匕 Simplified component
bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)

Shorthand for the 冊 component in the traditional character 侖.

Component uses

Sound (3 of 7 verified)

论伦轮沦纶抡囵

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

纶

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

瘪

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

崙 Kunlun mountains in Jiangsu Traditional

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

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
侖
侖 Sound component
arrange

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangruːn
Unicodeluən

說文解字

《說文新附》：“崙，崑崙也。从山，侖聲。”

Sources

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