仑背
Lún​bèi

Lunbei

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

背 bèi, bēi back

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 北 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

北
北 SoundMeaning component
běi north

北 also serves as a meaning component.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

褙揹

Meaning (1)

揹

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbwojHm-pˤək-s turn the back on
pwojHpˤək-s the back

說文解字

《說文》：“背，也。从肉，北聲。”

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)

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)