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輪 = 侖 + 車

輪 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “wheel”. It is built from 侖 (post-it note) and 車 (car). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1963.

Keyword
wheel
RTK frame
1963
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
わ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
колесо
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
輪 wheel

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 侖 post-it note
  2. 車 car

How to find 輪 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “post-it note” + “car”. 輪 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 輪 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.