伦 lún human relationships
How to remember 伦: 亻 person + 仑 in order = human relationships. The teacher says every person in class must keep things in order with the others, because that is how human relationships work.
Component breakdown
伦 = 亻 person + 仑 in order
- 亻 person
- 仑 in order
The teacher says every person in class must keep things in order with the others, because that is how human relationships work.
How it is used
- Human moral relationships and their proper order - 伦理 (lúnlǐ) ethics, 人伦 (rénlún) human relations, 天伦之乐 (tiānlúnzhīlè) the joys of family.
- By extension 'peer/of the same kind' - 无与伦比 (wúyǔlúnbǐ) beyond compare, having no peer.
- Also the phonetic in loanwords, e.g. 伦敦 (Lúndūn) London.