仑 (lún) is a Chinese character meaning “orderly arrangement”. It is written from 人 (person) and 匕 (ancient spoon; dagger), one above the other, and takes 4 strokes.
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Structure
人 + 匕
Top–bottom structure
Structure from: Unicode U+4ED1 与 hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 现代字形核验（上「人」2 笔 + 下「匕」2 笔 = 4 笔）
Memory aid
A person (人) spreads their arms over a spoon (匕) — laying things out in order before serving them up.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
4 strokes
In real words
- 加仑jiā lúngallon仑 = lún
- 昆仑kūn lúnKunlun (mountain range in western China)仑 = lún
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All readings
orderly arrangement
orderly arrangement; coherence. A bound morpheme in modern Chinese — it never stands alone, and appears mainly in the place name 昆仑 and in loanwords such as 加仑 (gallon).
条理；次序。现代汉语中不单独使用，主要出现在「昆仑」等专名和「加仑」等音译词里。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 加仑jiā lúngallon仑 = lún
- 昆仑kūn lúnKunlun (mountain range in western China)仑 = lún
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Questions people ask about this character
What does 仑 mean?
仑 (lún) means orderly arrangement; coherence. A bound morpheme in modern Chinese — it never stands alone, and appears mainly in the place name 昆仑 and in loanwords such as 加仑 (gallon)..
How do you pronounce 仑?
It is pronounced lún.
What parts is 仑 made of?
人 (person) and 匕 (ancient spoon; dagger), one above the other. The recorded source is: Unicode U+4ED1 与 hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 现代字形核验（上「人」2 笔 + 下「匕」2 笔 = 4 笔）. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 仑 have?
4. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 仑?
人. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 仑?
Common ones are 加仑 and 昆仑. The reading of 仑 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.