鏈

See also: 链

Translingual

Han character

鏈 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 金卜十十 (CYJJ), four-corner 8513₀, composition ⿰金連)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1319, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40779
• Dae Jaweon: page 1819, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4239, character 4
• Unihan data for U+93C8

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Chinese

trad.		鏈
simp.		链

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

From 連／连 (lián).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鏈

1. chain; wire; cable

   鏈子／链子  ―  liànzi  ―  chain

2. chain; shack
3. to chain
4. chain (unit of length equal to 22 yards)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lián (lian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lián
    • Wade–Giles: lien²
    • Yale: lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjen, ljen

Rime
Character	鏈	鏈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	丑延切	力延切
Baxter	trhjen	ljen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiᴇn/	/liᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚiɛn/	/liɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæn/	/ljæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰian/	/lian/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjɛn/	/liɛn/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛn/	/lĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛn/	/li̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chān	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin1	lin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ren/, /*r̥ʰen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鏈	鏈
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	7996	8003
Phonetic component	連	連
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	連	脠
Old Chinese	/*ren/	/*r̥ʰen/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鏈

1. copper
2. lead mine
3. mine

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Japanese

Kanji

鏈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. chain
2. irons
3. connection

Readings

• On (unclassified): れん (ren), てん (ten)
• Kun: くさり (kusari)

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Korean

Hanja

鏈 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鏈 (liên)

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