戀

See also: 恋

戀 U+6200, 戀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6200 ← 懿 [U+61FF] CJK Unified Ideographs 戁 → [U+6201]

Translingual

Japanese	恋
Simplified	恋
Traditional	戀

Han character

戀 (radical 61, 心+19, 23 strokes, cangjie input 女火心 (VFP), four-corner 2233₉, composition ⿱䜌心)

References

• KangXi: page 409, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11504
• Dae Jaweon: page 751, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2372, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6200

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Chinese

trad.		戀
simp.		恋*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (䜌) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
蠻	*mroːn
矕	*mroːnʔ
變	*prons
鸞	*b·roːn
巒	*b·roːn
灤	*b·roːn
欒	*b·roːn
鑾	*b·roːn
臠	*b·roːn, *b·ronʔ
羉	*b·roːn
䜌	*b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons
灓	*b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons
圝	*b·roːn
曫	*b·roːn
孿	*smroːns, *smrons
彎	*qroːn
灣	*qroːn
攣	*b·ron
孌	*b·ronʔ, *b·rons
戀	*b·rons
㪻	*pʰlons, *klons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *b·rons): phonetic 䜌 (OC *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàn (lian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun², lyun⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lien
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): loân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): luang³

• Wu (Wiktionary): li (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: lien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun², lyun⁵
    • Yale: lyún, lyúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn², lyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün², lün⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /lyːn³⁵/, /lyːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lien
    • Hakka Romanization System: lien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lian⁴
    • IPA: /li̯en⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loân
    • Tâi-lô: luân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: luang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luàng
    • IPA ^(key): /luaŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: li (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /li²³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 戀
Mandarin	Beijing	/lian⁵¹/
	Harbin	/lian⁵³/
	Tianjin	/lian⁵³/
	Jinan	/liã⁴²/
	Qingdao	/liã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/lyan⁴²/
	Xi'an	/luã²⁴/
	Xining	/lyã²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/lian¹³/ /luan⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/luɛ̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/lian²¹³/
	Wuhan	/niɛn³⁵/
	Chengdu	/nian¹³/
	Guiyang	/nian²¹³/
	Kunming	/liɛ̃²¹²/
	Nanjing	/lien⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/liĩ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/luæ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/luɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/lye³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/li²³/
	Suzhou	/liɪ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/liẽ̞²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/li²²/
Hui	Shexian	/le²²/
	Tunxi	/liɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/liẽ⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/niẽ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/liɛn²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/lien⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/lien⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/lyn³⁵/
	Nanning	/lin²²/
	Hong Kong	/lyn³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/luan³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/luɔŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/nuiŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/luaŋ²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/lin³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /liuᴇn^H/▼

Rime
Character	戀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力卷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwianH/
Li Rong	/liuɛnH/
Wang Li	/lĭwɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]on-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*b·rons/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	戀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liàn
Middle Chinese	‹ ljwenH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]on-s/
English	to long for
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	戀
Reading #	1/1
No.	8632
Phonetic component	
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	戀
Old Chinese	/*b·rons/

Definitions

戀

1. love

   戀愛／恋爱 (liàn'ài, “love”)

2. to love
3. to long for; to yearn for
4. to be attached

   留戀 / 留恋  ―  liúliàn  ―  to be reluctant to leave

Synonyms

• 愛／爱 (ài)

Compounds

• 三角戀愛／三角恋爱
• 久戀／久恋 (jiǔliàn)
• 依戀／依恋 (yīliàn)
• 初戀／初恋 (chūliàn)
• 同性戀／同性恋 (tóngxìngliàn)
• 單戀／单恋 (dānliàn)
• 失戀／失恋 (shīliàn)
• 師生戀／师生恋 (shīshēngliàn)
• 思戀／思恋
• 愛戀／爱恋 (àiliàn)
• 懷戀／怀恋
• 戀人／恋人 (liànrén)
• 戀土難移／恋土难移
• 戀家／恋家 (liànjiā)
• 戀情／恋情 (liànqíng)
• 戀愛／恋爱 (liàn'ài)
• 戀慕／恋慕
• 戀戀／恋恋 (liànliàn)
• 戀戀不捨／恋恋不舍
• 戀戀難捨／恋恋难舍
• 戀戰／恋战 (liànzhàn)
• 戀新忘舊／恋新忘旧

• 戀曲／恋曲
• 戀枕／恋枕
• 戀棧／恋栈 (liànzhàn)
• 戀歌／恋歌 (liàngē)
• 戀母情結／恋母情结 (liànmǔ qíngjié)
• 戀父情結／恋父情结
• 戀生惡死／恋生恶死
• 戀舊／恋旧 (liànjiù)
• 戀酒貪杯／恋酒贪杯
• 戀酒貪色／恋酒贪色
• 戀酒貪花／恋酒贪花
• 戀酒迷花／恋酒迷花
• 戀闕／恋阙
• 擇戀／择恋
• 攀戀／攀恋
• 晚戀／晚恋
• 暗戀／暗恋 (ànliàn)
• 棧戀／栈恋
• 無心戀棧／无心恋栈
• 熱戀／热恋 (rèliàn)
• 犬馬之戀／犬马之恋
• 犬馬戀主／犬马恋主

• 留戀／留恋 (liúliàn)
• 畸戀／畸恋
• 相戀／相恋 (xiāngliàn)
• 眷戀／眷恋 (juànliàn)
• 瞻天戀闕／瞻天恋阙
• 移情別戀／移情别恋
• 網路戀情／网路恋情
• 繫戀／系恋
• 罣戀／罣恋
• 耽花戀酒／耽花恋酒
• 自戀／自恋 (zìliàn)
• 自由戀愛／自由恋爱
• 良醞可戀／良酝可恋
• 談戀愛／谈恋爱 (tánliàn'ài)
• 貪戀／贪恋 (tānliàn)
• 貪花戀酒／贪花恋酒
• 貼戀／贴恋
• 迷戀／迷恋 (míliàn)
• 速食戀愛／速食恋爱
• 顧戀／顾恋
• 駑馬戀棧／驽马恋栈

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Japanese

Shinjitai	恋
Kyūjitai	戀

Kanji

戀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 恋)

1. love, passion

Readings

• Go-on: れん (ren)
• Kan-on: れん (ren)
• Kun: こい (koi, 戀)^{←こひ (kofi, historical)}; こいしい (koishii, 戀しい)^{←こひしい (kofisii, historical)}; こう (kou, 戀う)^{←こふ (kofu, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

戀 • (ryeon, yeon) (hangeul 련, 연, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn, yŏn, Yale lyen, yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

戀 (luyến, luýnh)

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