TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
輪
輪 ＝ 車 ＋ 侖
ㄌㄨㄣˊ · lún
noun — a wheel; a round, a turn — verb — to take turns
字源 FORM — what the parts do
侖聲gives the soundlún — strips of bamboo gathered in order (亼 over 冊)
A cart (車) and 侖, bamboo slips bound up in order — 侖 carries the sound lún. The wheel is the round thing the cart runs on; from the turning circle comes taking turns: 車輪 a wheel, 輪子 a wheel, 輪流 to rotate, to take turns, 輪番 in succession.
意 · Meanings
(本義)輪、車輪— a wheel常用
→輪流、輪番— to take turns, in succession常用
→一輪— a round, a turn
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
侖lúnthe sound it carries — 侖 alone is order, arrangement; 輪 adds for a wheel論＝ 言 ＋ lùnthe it shares — 論 sets beside speech 言 for to discuss; 輪 sets it beside for a wheel