Kanji N2

輪: wheel, ring, circle

輪 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning wheel, ring, circle, written with 15 strokes. It is read リン (on) and わ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 輪 (わ, ring) and 指輪 (ゆびわ, ring).

輪

Meanings

  • wheel
  • ring
  • circle
  • link
  • loop
  • counter for wheels and flowers
Strokes15
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#693 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • リン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • わ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 15. Start at the dot.

Common words with 輪

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 輪わ

    ring; circle; loop

    JLPT N3
  • 指輪ゆびわ

    (finger) ring

    JLPT N4
  • 車輪しゃりん

    (vehicle) wheel

    JLPT N2
  • 年輪ねんりん

    annual tree ring; growth ring

    JLPT N1
  • 首輪くびわ

    (animal) collar

    JLPT N1
  • 競輪けいりん

    keirin

  • 両輪りょうりん

    two wheels

  • 花輪はなわ

    wreath; garland

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.