掄

掄 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人一月 (QOMB), four-corner 5802₇, composition ⿰扌侖)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12238
• Dae Jaweon: page 786, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1900, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6384

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ruːn, *run): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

掄

1. to swing; to brandish

   掄起拳頭／抡起拳头  ―  lūn qǐ quántóu  ―  to swing one's fist

2. to throw; to scatter

   把菜掄了一地／把菜抡了一地  ―  bǎ cài lūn le yī dì  ―  to scatter the vegetables over the ground

3. (figurative) to spend freely

   把錢掄光了／把钱抡光了  ―  bǎ qián lūn guāng le  ―  to squander all the money

4. (dialectal) to scold

   掄了我一頓／抡了我一顿  ―  lūn le wǒ yī dùn  ―  gave me a scolding

5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to select; to choose

   掄才／抡才  ―  lúncái  ―  to select men of ability

• (to swing): (Mandarin) 甩 (shuǎi); (Hokkien) 挕, 幌
• (to select):

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): ろん (ron)、りん (rin)
• Kun: えらぶ (erabu)

掄 • (ryun>yun) (hangeul 륜>윤, revised ryun>yun, McCune–Reischauer ryun>yun, Yale lyun>yun)

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掄: Hán Nôm readings: dọn, luân, luồn

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