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U+84EE, 蓮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84EE

[U+84ED]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+84EF]

U+F999, 蓮
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F999

[U+F998]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F99A]

Translingual

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Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 140, +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜十十 (TYJJ), four-corner 44304, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1052, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31722
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1514, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3261, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+84EE

Chinese

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simp.
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  • (Classical)

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *renʔ, *reːn) : semantic + phonetic (OC *ren).

Etymology 1

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Related to (OC *kreːn, “lotus seed”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • liân - literary;
    • nâi/nûi - vernacular.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: noin5 / nain5 / liang5 / liêng5
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nôiⁿ / nâiⁿ / liâng / liêng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /nõĩ⁵⁵/, /nãĩ⁵⁵/, /liaŋ⁵⁵/, /lieŋ⁵⁵/
Note:
  • noin5/nain5 - vernacular (nain5 - Chaoyang, Jieyang);
  • liang5/liêng5 - literary (liêng5 - Chaozhou).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (37)
Final () (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter len
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/len/
Pan
Wuyun
/len/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛn/
Li
Rong
/len/
Wang
Li
/lien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lián
Middle
Chinese
‹ len ›
Old
Chinese
/*k.[r]ˁe[n]/ (cf. 蕑 jiān < kean < *kˁre[n] (dial. *k.rˁ- > kˁr-) ‘lotus fruit (Ode 145.2)’)
English lotus fruit

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 8004
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːn/

Definitions

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  1. lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
  2. (in compounds or archaic) A plant with lotus-like flowers or leaves, or another plant similar to such a plant
      ―  shuìlián  ―  water lily
      ―  jīnliánhuā  ―  globeflower
      ―  yínliánhuā  ―  windflower
    半邊半边  ―  bànbiānlián  ―  Lobelia chinensis
    穿心穿心  ―  chuānxīnlián  ―  Andrographis paniculata (with flowers similar to Lobelia chinensis)
  3. (Buddhism) Buddha's world; paradise

Synonyms

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  • (lotus):
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Descendants

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  • Old Uyghur: 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 (lénhua)
  • Vietnamese: sen

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (37)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 8000
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*renʔ/

Definitions

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  1. Only used in 蓮勺莲勺 (Liǎnzhuó).

References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
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蓮󠄃
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(Hanyo-Denshi)
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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. lotus plant or flower, Nelumbo nucifera

Readings

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  • Go-on: れん (ren)
  • Kan-on: れん (ren)
  • Kun: はす (hasu, )はちす (hachisu, )

Etymology 1

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(hachisu): Hibiscus syriacus: the rose of Sharon, rose mallow, or St. Joseph's rod.
(hachisu, hasu, ren): Nelumbo nucifera: the lotus flower and plant.
Kanji in this term
はちす
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Originally a compound of (hachi, bee) +‎ (su, nest, hive), literally “beehive, honeycomb”, from the way the lotus seed resembles a honeycomb.[2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はちす) (hachisu

  1. older name for hasu below: a lotus plant or flower, Nelumbo nucifera
  2. (Buddhism, particularly Pure Land Buddhism) a lotus bloom in the realm of Sukhāvatī (“Land of Ultimate Bliss”), as an expression of reincarnation
  3. alternate name for 木槿 (mukuge), Hibiscus syriacus: the rose of Sharon, rose mallow, or St. Joseph's rod
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Proper noun

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(はちす) (Hachisu

  1. the name of various places in Japan
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
はす
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

/hat͡ɕisu/ → */hassu//hasu/

Appears to be a contraction of hachisu above.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はす) or (ハス) (hasu

  1. a lotus plant or flower
Usage notes
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The reading hasu appears to be more common for the lotus meaning in modern Japanese.

Derived terms
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Proper noun

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(はす) (Hasu

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
れん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (len, lotus fruit). Compare modern Mandarin reading lián.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(れん) (ren

  1. a lotus plant or flower
Usage notes
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The ren reading is seldom used on its own. It is most often used in compounds.

Derived terms
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Proper noun

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(れん) (Ren

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1848 (paper), page 976 (digital)
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC len). Recorded as Middle Korean (lyen) (Yale: lyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 연꽃 (yeonkkot ryeon), word-initial (South Korea) 연꽃 (yeonkkot yeon))

  1. hanja form? of / (lotus)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: liên

  1. (only in compounds) lotus