蓮

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蓮 U+84EE, 蓮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84EE
← 蓭
[U+84ED]		 CJK Unified Ideographs 蓯 →
[U+84EF]
See also: 莲

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

蓮 (radical 140 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜十十 (TYJJ), four-corner 44304, composition ⿱艹連)

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 蓮
simp. 莲

Glyph origin[edit]

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • liân - literary;
  • nûi/nâi - vernacular.
Rime
Character 蓮 蓮
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 落賢切 力展切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /len/ /liᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /len/ /liɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɛn/ /ljænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɛn/ /lianX/
Li
Rong		 /len/ /liɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /lien/ /lĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lien/ /li̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lián liǎn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蓮
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lián
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ len ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k.[r]ˤe[n]/ (cf. 蕑 jiān < kean < *kˤre[n] (dial. *k.rˤ- > kˤr-) ‘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 蓮 蓮
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8000 8004
Phonetic
component		 連 連
Rime
group		 元 元
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 輦 蓮
Old
Chinese		 /*renʔ/ /*reːn/

Definitions[edit]

蓮

  1. lotus; water lily
  2. lotus seed
  3. (Buddhism) Buddha's world; paradise

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

蓮

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. lotus plant or flower, Nelumbo nucifera

Readings[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Originally a compound of 蜂 (hachi, “bee”) +‎ 巣 (su, “nest, hive”), literally “beehive, honeycomb”, from the way the lotus seed resembles a honeycomb.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

蓮 (hiragana はちす, rōmaji 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
Related terms[edit]
Related terms

Proper noun[edit]

蓮 (hiragana はちす, rōmaji Hachisu)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
蓮
はす
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/hat͡ɕisu/ → */hassu/ → /hasu/

Appears to be a contraction of hachisu above.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

蓮 (hiragana はす, rōmaji hasu)

  1. a lotus plant or flower
Usage notes[edit]

The reading hasu appears to be more common for the lotus meaning in modern Japanese.

Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms

Proper noun[edit]

蓮 (hiragana はす, rōmaji Hasu)

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
蓮
れん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

蓮 (hiragana れん, rōmaji ren)

  1. a lotus plant or flower
Usage notes[edit]

The ren reading is seldom used on its own. It is most often used in compounds.

Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms

Proper noun[edit]

蓮 (hiragana れん, rōmaji Ren)

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

蓮 (liên)

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