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U+806F, 聯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-806F

[U+806E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8070]
U+F997, 聯
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F997

[U+F996]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F998]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 128, +11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸十女戈廿 (SJVIT), four-corner 12172, composition 𢇇)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 969, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29153
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1419, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2796, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+806F

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script
       

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (ear) + (silk).

According to Duan Yucai, and are two characters for a same word, with the former used in the Zhou dynasty and the latter in the Han dynasty.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjan (equal; to place in a row; to align; row); related to (OC *ren) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit


Note: liòn - “to sew”.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /lian³⁵/
Harbin /lian²⁴/
Tianjin /lian⁴⁵/
Jinan /liã⁴²/
Qingdao /liã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /lian⁴²/
/lyan⁴²/
Xi'an /luã²⁴/
Xining /liã²⁴/
Yinchuan /lian⁵³/
Lanzhou /liɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /lian⁵¹/
Wuhan /niɛn²¹³/
Chengdu /nian³¹/
Guiyang /nian²¹/
Kunming /liɛ̃³¹/
Nanjing /lien²⁴/
Hefei /liĩ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /lye¹¹/
Pingyao /lye̞¹³/
Hohhot /lye³¹/
Wu Shanghai /li²³/
Suzhou /liɪ¹³/
Hangzhou /liẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /li³¹/
Hui Shexian /le⁴⁴/
Tunxi /liɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /liẽ¹³/
Xiangtan /niẽ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /liɛn⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /lien¹¹/
Taoyuan /lien¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /lyn²¹/
Nanning /lin²¹/
Hong Kong /lyn²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /lian³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /lieŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /liŋ³³/
/luiŋ³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /liaŋ³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /lin³¹/
/luaŋ³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ljen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/liɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lian/
Li
Rong
/liɛn/
Wang
Li
/lĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lin4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8642
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡ·ron/

Definitions edit

  1. to connect; to join
  2. to associate; to ally
  3. (literary or dialectal) to sew; to stitch
    alt. forms: , 孿 (luán), 𦈐 (lián), (lián)
    [Cantonese]  ―  lyun4 saam1 [Jyutping]  ―  to sew clothes
    [Cantonese]  ―  lyun4 zo2 sei3 zam1 [Jyutping]  ―  to stitch four stitches
  4. couplet
      ―  chūnlián  ―  Spring Festival couplets
      ―  jǐnglián  ―  the fifth and sixth lines of a lüshi

Synonyms edit

  • (to sew):

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Alternative form of

Usage notes edit

In modern Japanese, is mostly replaced by , due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Not replaced by in modern orthography
Replaced by in modern orthography

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 잇달 (itdal ryeon), South Korea 잇달 (itdal yeon))

  1. Hanja form? of / (connect, join).
  2. Hanja form? of / (associate, ally).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: liên, lén, lẻn, liền, liễn

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