懂中文 Dong Chinese

淪

lún

be lost

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 侖 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

侖 sound component

侖  Sound component

lún

  

arrange

Evolution

淪 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
淪 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
淪 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
淪 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

沦 (淪) 

lún

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

Most common words with 淪
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