Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

227 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: argument, discourse

Kunyomi: あげつら.う

Onyomi: ロン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

じる(ろんじる)   argue, discuss

文(ろんぶん)   thesis

拠(ろんきょ)   grounds of an argument

理的な(ろんりてきな)   logical

外な(ろんがいな)   out of the question

する(ぎろんする)   argue, discuss

(りろん)   theory

(けつろん)   conclusion

(よろん/せろん)   public opinion

(ひょうろん)   critique

(そつろん)   B.A. thesis

(もちろん)   of course, needless to say

Onyomi Examples

ロン argument, discussion, dispute, controversy, discourse, debate, theory (e.g. of evolution), doctrine, essay, treatise, comment

ロンキャク controversialist

コウロン public opinion, unbiased criticism, unbiassed criticism

タイロン arguing face to face

Kunyomi Examples

あげつらう to discuss, to find fault with, to criticize, to criticise