论文 (lùn wén)

Character breakdown

• 论 (Lún) · 6 strokes

  Simplified form of 論. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 侖 represents the sound.

• 文 (Wén) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of a man with writing (possibly a tattoo) on his chest. In later scripts the writing was abbreviated to a dot or omitted altogether.