輪: Wheel; Ring; CircleKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (リン)

• 五輪ごりんOlympic rings; Olympics
• 競輪けいりんkeirin; cycle racing event, usu. 2km with a paced start and sprint finish
• 車輪しゃりん(vehicle) wheel
• 四輪車よんりんしゃautomobile; car
• 輪郭りんかくcontour; outline
• 二輪車にりんしゃtwo-wheeled vehicle (bicycle, motorcycle, etc.)
• 両輪りょうりんtwo wheels
• 三輪さんりんthree wheels
• 一輪いちりんone flower
• 三輪車さんりんしゃthree wheeled vehicle (tricycle, motorcycle, etc.); three wheeler
• 前輪ぜんりんfront wheel
• 大車輪だいしゃりん(gymnastical) giant swing; all-out effort
• 大輪たいりんlarge-flowered
• 年輪ねんりんannual tree ring; growth ring
• 後輪こうりんrear wheel
• 輪番りんばんrotation (e.g. of a duty); taking turns
• 輪転機りんてんきrotary press
• ウィリス動脈輪ウィリスどうみゃくりんarterial circle of Willis
• ウィリス動脈輪閉塞症ウィリスどうみゃくりんへいそくしょうocclusion in the circle of Willis
• オート三輪オートさんりんthree-wheeler vehicle
• パラ五輪パラごりんParalympics
• リオ五輪リオごりんRio Olympics (2016)
• 一次線輪いちじせんりんprimary coil
• 一輪挿しいちりんざしvase for one flower
• 一輪草いちりんそうAnemone nikoensis (species of anemone); ichirinso
• 一輪車いちりんしゃunicycle; monocycle
• 七輪しちりんearthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
• 中輪ちゅうりんmedium-sized (of a flower, esp. a chrysanthemum)
• 九輪くりんkurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
• 九輪草くりんそうJapanese primrose (Primula japonica)
• 乳輪にゅうりんareola mammae (circular area around nipple); areola
• 二輪にりんtwo wheels; two flowers
• 二輪草にりんそうsoft windflower; Anemone Flaccida
• 五輪の塔ごりんのとうfive-story pagoda
• 五輪マークごりんマークfive-ring Olympic emblem
• 五輪塔ごりんとうfive-part gravestone representing earth, water, fire, wind and heaven
• 五輪大会ごりんたいかいOlympic Games
• 五輪旗ごりんきOlympic Flag
• 五輪聖火ごりんせいかOlympic torch
• 光輪こうりんhalo (esp. in Christian art); nimbus

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 輪わring; circle
• 指輪ゆびわ(finger) ring
• 内輪うちわfamily circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.)
• 花輪はなわwreath; garland
• 輪切りわぎりcutting in round slices; round slice
• 埴輪はにわhaniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
• 輪ゴムわゴムrubber band; elastic band
• 首輪くびわ(animal) collar
• つり輪つりわ(gymnastic) rings
• ひかりの輪ひかりのわThe Circle of Rainbow Light; Japanese religious group based on the teachings of Aum Shinrikyo
• ゴム輪ゴムわrubber tire (tyre)
• ダイヤの指輪ダイヤのゆびわdiamond ring
• ノミ取り首輪ノミとりくびわflea collar
• メビウスの輪メビウスのわMöbius strip; Moebius strip
• 三輪神道みわしんとうMiwa Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto developed in the Muromachi Period)
• 仁輪加狂言にわかきょうげんimpromptu skit; (theatrical) farce

Other readings

• 輪廻りんねsamsara; cycle of death and rebirth
• のみ取り首輪ノミとりくびわflea collar
• 一輪挿いちりんざしvase for one flower
• 侵食輪廻しんしょくりんねerosion cycle

Showing the 60 most common of 263 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 輪

• 車
• 五
• 動
• 内
• 転
• 指
• 法
• 一
• 首
• 金
• 四