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倫

倫·ethics, principles

On-yomi
リン
Kun-yomi
none

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Stroke order

Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.

10 strokes, numbered in writing order. Data: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Common words

WordReadingMeaning
倫理りんりethics
不倫ふりんadultery, affair
倫理観りんりかんsense of ethics
人倫じんりんhuman morality

Example sentences

  1. 研究には高い倫理が求められる。

    けんきゅうにはたかいりんりがもとめられる。

    Research demands high ethical standards.

  2. その報道は彼の不倫を伝えた。

    そのほうどうはかれのふりんをつたえた。

    The report revealed his affair.

  3. 彼女は倫理観のしっかりした人だ。

    かのじょはりんりかんのしっかりしたひとだ。

    She is a person with a firm sense of ethics.

Similar-looking kanji

Do not confuse these on the exam.

Common mistakes

  • Reading 倫理 as ろんり, confusing it with 論理 (logic) — different word entirely
  • Writing 議論 with 倫 instead of 論

Memory aid

Picture it

A person 亻 beside 侖 'ordered arrangement' — how people are properly ordered in relation to one another, that is, ethics.

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