抡 (lūn): to swing (one's arms, a heavy object), to wave (a sword, one's fists), to fling (money)

抡 (lūn) is a Chinese character meaning “to swing (one's arms, a heavy object).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 仑 (phonetic). It ranks #2974 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 抡 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 扌 hand7 strokesFrequency #2974扌 semantic仑 phonetic

Definitions

  1. to swing (one's arms, a heavy object)
  2. to wave (a sword, one's fists)
  3. to fling (money)

Etymology & Origin

抡

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Decomposition: ⿰扌仑 (layout: left-right)

Components:扌semantic仑phonetic

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
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7

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
抡元lún yuánto win the top award
胡抡hú lūnto act rashly
2
Total compounds
50
As first character
50
As last character
0
As middle character

抡 appears in 2 compound words: 50 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 抡 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

锤chuí
0.49130 co-occurrences
魁kuí
0.40936 co-occurrences
扬yáng
0.38536 co-occurrences
才cái
0.373120 co-occurrences
廷tíng
0.34242 co-occurrences
曾céng
0.340150 co-occurrences
书shū
0.33996 co-occurrences
起qǐ
0.304108 co-occurrences
院yuàn
0.30196 co-occurrences
门mén
0.29236 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

抡照镜子，整理一下自己的仪容。

lūn zhào jìng zǐ , zhěng lǐ yī xià zì jǐ de yí róng .

Take a look in the mirror and tidy up your appearance.

Character Family

扌 Radical Family — Characters sharing the hand radical

挨āi按àn扒bā拔bá把bǎ摆bǎi扳bān搬bān扮bàn拌bàn

Related Characters

手shǒu打dǎ找zhǎo拿ná才cái护hù报bào拉lā挺tǐng换huàn

Homophones — Characters pronounced lūn

轮lún伦lún论lùn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 抡 (lūn) mean in Chinese?
抡 (lūn) primarily means "to swing (one's arms, a heavy object)." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2974 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 抡 have?
抡 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 抡?
The radical associated with 抡 is 扌 (hand). This radical appears in many characters related to hand.
What are the components of 抡?
抡 is composed of: 扌 (semantic), 仑 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰扌仑 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 抡?
Common words with 抡 include: 抡元 (lún yuán, "to win the top award"); 胡抡 (hú lūn, "to act rashly"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 抡 (lūn)?
Several characters share the pronunciation lūn: 轮 (wheel), 伦 (human relationship), 论 (opinion). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 抡 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 抡 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.