璉

See also: 琏

璉 U+7489, 璉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7489 ← 璈 [U+7488] CJK Unified Ideographs 璊 → [U+748A]

璉 U+F994, 璉 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F994 ← 煉 [U+F993] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 秊 → [U+F995]

Translingual

Han character

璉 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜十十 (MGYJJ), four-corner 1513₀, composition ⿰𤣩連)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 741, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21206
• Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1130, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7489

• Unihan data for U+F994

Chinese

trad.		璉
simp.		琏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (連) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
連	*ren
漣	*ren
鰱	*ren
翴	*ren
鏈	*ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen
璉	*renʔ
僆	*renʔ, *reːns
摙	*renʔ, *rens
蓮	*renʔ, *reːn
嗹	*reːn
縺	*reːn

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎn (lian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lien³
    • Yale: lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lean
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lin⁵
    • Yale: líhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljenX

Rime
Character	璉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力展切
Baxter	ljenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lianX/
Li Rong	/liɛnX/
Wang Li	/lĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*renʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璉
Reading #	1/1
No.	7997
Phonetic component	連
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	輦
Old Chinese	/*renʔ/

Definitions

璉

1. vessel for holding grain offerings in an ancestral hall

Compounds

• 瑚璉／瑚琏 (húliǎn)
• 瑚璉之器／瑚琏之器
• 瑚璉器／瑚琏器

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 璉 – see 連 (“man-drawn carriage; to link; to join; to connect; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 連).

References

• “璉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

璉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: れん (ren)
• Kan-on: れん (ren)
• Kun: うつわ (utsuwa, 璉)

Compounds

• 瑚(こ)璉(れん) (koren)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 璉 (MC ljenX).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjʌ̹n] ~ [jʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [련/연]

Hanja

Wikisource

璉 (eumhun 호련 련 (horyeon ryeon), South Korea 호련 연 (horyeon yeon))

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Compounds

• 호련 (瑚璉, horyeon)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
• Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005). [3]

Vietnamese

Han character

璉: Hán Nôm readings: liễn

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