沉沦
chén​lún

fall

沉 chén, chēn sink

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound. Variant of 沈.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

冘
冘 Sound component
yín, yóu to move on

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'um
Unicodedjhim

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

沦 lún, lǔn, guān be lost Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 仑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淪.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

仑
仑 Sound component
lún, lùn logical reasons

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

淪 be lost Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

侖
侖 Sound component
arrange

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrun

說文解字

小波爲淪。从水侖聲。《詩》曰：“河水清且淪漪。”一曰没也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)