輪

わ · wa · JLPT N3 · noun

ring

🛞⭕ 輪 = 車 cart + 侖 neatly ordered spokes → wheel, ring

The left part 車 is a cart and 侖 means things set in order, here the spokes of a wheel. So the kanji first meant wheel, and later any ring or circle. The reading wa also shows up in 指輪 (yubiwa), finger + ring = ring for your finger.

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