# 輪 ring/tire

車 (car) + (bookstore)
★★★☆☆
15 strokes

## Onyomi

RIN | The wedding RING!

## Mnemonic

| My car needs tires to go to the bookstore.

## Kunyomi

わ | can mean ring, like rings of saturn, or loop, like cable which is stored in a loop, or circle, like folk-dances where everyone forms a circle. But 輪 is never an actual ring like you wear on your finger. NUBI ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

指輪(ゆびわ) | ring ★★★☆☆ KUNKUN 指 (finger / point at) + 輪 (ring/tire) = 指輪 (ring) THIS is the ring you wear!
車輪(しゃりん) | tire ★★★☆☆ 車 (car) + 輪 (ring/tire) = 車輪 (tire)
輪ゴム(わごむ) | rubber band ★★☆☆☆ KUNKUN 輪 (ring/tire) + ム () = 輪ゴム (rubber band)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
輸 | transport | BUTCHER |
輪 | ring/tire | LIBRARY |

You transport meat to the BUTCHER, but I check out a ring from the LIBRARY.