戀

See also: 恋

Translingual

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàn (lian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁵, lyun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lien
• Min Nan (POJ): loân
• Wu (Wiktionary): li (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: lien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun⁵, lyun²
    • Yale: lyúhn, lyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁵, lyn²
    • IPA ^(key): /lyːn¹³/, /lyːn³⁵/
• 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 (Taipei): /luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan¹³/
• 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. long for, yearn for
4. to be attached

   留戀 / 留恋  ―  liúliàn  ―  to be reluctant to leave

Synonyms

• 愛／爱 (ài)

Derived terms

• 戀愛／恋爱 (liàn'ài)
• 戀情／恋情 (liànqíng)

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Japanese

Kanji

戀

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

1. love, passion

Readings

• On: れん (ren)
• Kun: こい (koi), こいしい (koishii)

Usage notes

Replaced in modern Japanese with the shinjitai form 恋.

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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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