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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

stringing vehicles

Han character [edit]

(radical 162 +7, in Chinese 11 strokes, in Japanese 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜十田十 (YJWJ), four-corner 35300)

  1. join, connect
  2. continuous
  3. even

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1259, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38902
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1747, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3836, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9023

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , jyutping lin4, Yale lin4)

  1. (military) company

Usage notes [edit]

(military): Under the National Revolutionary Army, a company was composed of three platoons (). In turn, three or four companies formed a battalion ().



Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul >연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune-Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , pinyin lián (lian2), làn (lan4), liǎn (lian3), liàn (lian4), Wade-Giles lan4, lien2, lien3, lien4)

  1. (military) company

Usage notes [edit]

(military): Under the National Revolutionary Army, a company was composed of three platoons (). In turn, three or four companies formed a battalion ().


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*liɛn)


Min Nan [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(liâm, lián, liân, )


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(liên, len, liến, liền)