淪
lún

be lost

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)

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 logical reasons

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode