蓮

See also 莲

Translingual

Han character

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

1. lotus, water lily
2. paradise

References

• 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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蓮 (simplified 莲, jyutping lin4, Yale lin4)

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Japanese

Kanji

蓮 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: れん (ren)
• Kun: はす (hasu)

Noun

蓮 (hiragana はす, romaji hasu) or 蓮 (hiragana はちす, romaji hachisu)

1. a lotus; a lotus root

Proper noun

蓮 (hiragana れん, romaji Ren)

1. A male or female given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蓮 (simplified 莲, pinyin lián (lian2), Wade-Giles lien²)

1. lotus, water lily

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Vietnamese

Han character

蓮 (liên)