楝

Translingual

Han character

楝 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木木田火 (DDWF), four-corner 4599₆, composition ⿰木柬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 540, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15148
• Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1245, character 9
• Unihan data for U+695D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		楝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 楝
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
蘭	*ɡ·raːn
攔	*ɡ·raːn
欄	*ɡ·raːn
瀾	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌	*ɡ·raːn
韊	*ɡ·raːn
幱	*ɡ·raːn
籣	*ɡ·raːn
躝	*ɡ·raːn
爛	*ɡ·raːns
爤	*ɡ·raːns
鑭	*ɡ·raːns
糷	*ɡ·raːns
斕	*ɡ·reːn
揀	*kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬	*kreːnʔ
暕	*kreːnʔ
諫	*kraːns
練	*ɡ·reːns
鍊	*ɡ·reːns
煉	*ɡ·reːns
楝	*ɡ·reːns
萰	*ɡ·reːns
堜	*ɡ·reːns
湅	*ɡ·reːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·reːns) : 木 + 柬.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàn (lian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
    • Wade–Giles: lien⁴
    • Yale: lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lin⁶
    • Yale: lihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: lenH

Rime
Character	楝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎甸切
Baxter	lenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lenH/
Pan Wuyun	/lenH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛnH/
Li Rong	/lenH/
Wang Li	/lienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·reːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楝
Reading #	1/1
No.	6144
Phonetic component	柬
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	練
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·reːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 楝

1. Melia azedarach (formerly known as ), a tree in the mahogany family

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Japanese

Kanji

楝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Japanese bead tree

Readings

• Go-on: れん (ren)
• Kan-on: れん (ren)
• Kun: おうち (ouchi, 楝)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. (멀구슬나무): bead tree, chinaberry, Melia azedarach

See also

• 白檀 (백단, baegdan) white sandalwood
• 檀 (단, dan) birch; sandalwood; rosewood
• 栴 (전, jeon) sandalwood

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Vietnamese

Han character

楝: Hán Nôm readings: luyện, xoan

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