懂中文 Dong Chinese

沦

lún

be lost

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 仑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淪.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

仑 sound component

仑  Sound component

lún

  

logical reasons

Evolution

沦 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
沦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
沦 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
沦 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
沦 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

沦 (淪) 

lún

be lost; sink, be submerged; to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to

Most common words with 沦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

沦落

to degenerate

沦为

to sink down to

沉沦

downfall

沦陷

to be occupied

沦

to be reduced to