璉

See also: 琏

璉 U+7489, 璉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7489 ← 璈 [U+7488] CJK Unified Ideographs 璊 → [U+748A]

璉 U+F994, 璉 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F994 ← 煉 [U+F993] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 秊 → [U+F995]

Translingual

Han character

璉 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜十十 (MGYJJ), four-corner 1513₀, composition ⿰𤣩連)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 741, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21206
• Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1130, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7489

• Unihan data for U+F994

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Chinese

trad.		璉
simp.		琏

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎn (lian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lien³
    • Yale: lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lean
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lin⁵
    • Yale: líhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljenX

Rime
Character	璉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力展切
Baxter	ljenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lianX/
Li Rong	/liɛnX/
Wang Li	/lĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*renʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璉
Reading #	1/1
No.	7997
Phonetic component	連
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	輦
Old Chinese	/*renʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 璉

1. vessel for holding grain offerings in an ancestral hall

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 璉 – see 連 (“man-drawn carriage; to link; to join; to connect; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 連).

References

• “璉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

璉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): りん (rin)
• Kun: うつわ (utsuwa)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

璉: Hán Nôm readings: liễn

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