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论(論) lùn discuss, debate - Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 讠(言) yán “speech”. The colloquial name for this radical is 言字旁 yánzìpáng “side made up of the character 言.” Phonetic is 仑 (侖) lún. 论文 (論文) lùnwén thesis, dissertation [N]

Examples

• 于 Yú Yu (also Woo, a Korean surname) [SN] (Note that the surname Yu is written as 于 in both simplified and traditional script.)
• 关于 (關於) guānyú about, concerning [CV]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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