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Kotomora

倫

ethics, companion

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • リン

Kun'yomi

—

Nanori

  • とも
  • のり
  • ひとし
  • ひろ
  • みち

Meaning

倫 centers on the proper way people relate to one another: ethics and moral principles, as well as the idea of a companion or peer within a social order.

Most common words using 倫

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  • 不倫ふりん

    adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality

  • 倫理りんり
    N1

    ethics; morals

  • 絶倫ぜつりん

    matchless; peerless; unequaled; unequalled; unparalleled; unrivaled

  • 倫理的りんりてき

    ethical

  • 倫理学りんりがく

    ethics; moral philosophy

  • 映倫えいりん

    Eirin; Film Classification and Rating Organization

  • ソフ倫ソフりん

    Ethics Organization of Computer Software (abbr)

  • メタ倫理学メタりんりがく

    meta-ethics

  • 不倫相手ふりんあいて

    person with whom one is having an illicit love affair; mistress; lover

  • 不倫罪ふりんざい

    (crime of) adultery

  • 世代間倫理せだいかんりんり

    intergenerational ethics

  • 乱倫らんりん

    (sexually) immoral; unethical; corrupt

  • 五倫ごりん

    the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

  • 五倫の道ごりんのみち

    the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

  • 人倫じんりん

    human relations; humanity

  • 人倫退廃じんりんたいはい

    decline (decay, corruption) of ethical standards

  • 人倫道徳じんりんどうとく

    ethics and morality

  • 企業倫理きぎょうりんり

    corporate ethics

  • 価値倫理学かちりんりがく

    axiological ethics

  • 個人倫理こじんりんり

    individual ethics

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Etymology

倫 combines 亻 (person) with 侖, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of order or arrangement, suggesting proper human relationships.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 beside 侖, which looks like an orderly arrangement of lines under a roof. Think of a person following a code of ethics to keep companionship orderly.

Reading mnemonic

For リン, imagine a companion named Lynn who always follows strict ethics: Lynn -> リン, and her moral compass guides the group.