倫
ethics, companion
Readings
On'yomi
- リン
Kun'yomi
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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
20 of 56- 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
Study
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.