日輪

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate
trad. (日輪)		日	輪
simp. (日轮)		日	轮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìlún

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìlún
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhlún
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-lun²
    • Yale: r̀-lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhluen
    • Palladius: жилунь (žilunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ lu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ leon⁴
    • Yale: yaht lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² lɵn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyit lwin

Rime
Character	日	輪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	人質切	力迍切
Baxter	nyit	lwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪt̚/	/liuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵit̚/	/lʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjet̚/	/ljuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵit̚/	/lwin/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕt̚/	/liuĕn/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/	/lĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/	/li̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rì	lún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat6	leon4

Noun

日輪

1. (literary) sun

   • 天河漸沒，日輪將起。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天河渐没，日轮将起。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 庾信 (Yu Xin), 《鏡賦》, 6^th century CE

     Tiānhé jiàn mò, rìlún jiāng qǐ. [Pinyin]

     The Milky Way gradually faded, and the sun would soon rise.

2. (literary) imperial carriage
3. Short for 日本輪船／日本轮船 (Rìběn lúnchuán, “Japanese ship”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	輪
にち Grade: 1	りん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にちりん [nìchíríń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟it͡ɕiɾʲĩɴ]

Noun

日(にち)輪(りん) • (nichirin) 

1. the sun

Synonyms

• 日(ひ) (hi)
• 太陽(たいよう) (taiyō)