Kanji

輪

輪

wheel, ring, circle, link, loop, counter for wheels and flowers

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

車部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

リン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

わ

Nanori (Name Reading)

もと, わ

Common Readings

リン, わ

Example sentences

指輪 ゆびわ
彼はプロポーズの時に美しい指輪を贈った。

He gave her a beautiful ring when he proposed.

大事 だいじ
この指輪は、祖母から譲り受けたとても大事なものです。

This ring is a very precious item inherited from my grandmother.

輪 わ
みんなで輪になって座った。

Everyone sat in a circle.

輪郭 りんかく
夕闇の中で、遠くの山の輪郭がぼんやりと浮かび上がっている。

In the dusk, the outline of the distant mountains is faintly emerging.

首輪 くびわ
飼い犬に新しい首輪を買ってあげた。

I bought my dog a new collar.

車輪 しゃりん
自転車の車輪が壊れてしまった。

The bicycle wheel has broken.

腕輪 うでわ
彼女は誕生日に美しい金の腕輪をプレゼントされた

She was given a beautiful gold bracelet for her birthday.

一輪 いちりん
庭に一輪の花が咲いていた。

A single flower was blooming in the garden.

金輪際 こんりんざい
金輪際、君とはもう会わない

I will absolutely never see you again.

Example Vocabulary

指輪

ゆびわ

ring

輪

わ

ring; circle; loop; wheel

輪郭

りんかく

outline; contour; silhouette

首輪

くびわ

collar

車輪

しゃりん

wheel

腕輪

うでわ

bracelet; bangle

一輪

いちりん

one flower; a single blossom

輪

わ

ring; circle; loop; wheel

金輪際

こんりんざい

never again; absolutely not (with negative verb); not in a million years

輪っか

わっか

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