See also:
U+84EE, 蓮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84EE

[U+84ED]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+84EF]

U+F999, 蓮
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F999

[U+F998]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F99A]

Translingual edit

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 140, +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜十十 (TYJJ), four-corner 44304, composition )

References edit

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

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.
 
Wikipedia has articles on:
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  • (Classical)

Glyph origin edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Related to (OC *kreːn, “lotus seed”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • liân - literary;
    • nâi/nûi - vernacular.
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: noin5 / nain5 / liang5 / liêng5
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nôiⁿ / nâiⁿ / liâng / liêng
    • Sinological IPA (key): /nõĩ⁵⁵/, /nãĩ⁵⁵/, /liaŋ⁵⁵/, /lieŋ⁵⁵/
  • Note:
    • noin5/nain5 - vernacular (nain5 - Chaoyang, Jieyang);
    • liang5/liêng5 - literary (liêng5 - Chaozhou).
  • Wu

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial () (37)
    Final () (85)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter len
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /len/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /len/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /lɛn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /lɛn/
    Li
    Rong
    /len/
    Wang
    Li
    /lien/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /lien/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    lián
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    lin4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    lián
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ len ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*k.[r]ˁe[n]/ (cf. 蕑 jiān < kean < *kˁre[n] (dial. *k.rˁ- > kˁr-) ‘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
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 8004
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*reːn/

    Definitions edit

    1. lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
    2. (in compounds or archaic) A plant with lotus-like flowers or leaves, or another plant similar to such a plant
        ―  shuìlián  ―  water lily
        ―  jīnliánhuā  ―  globeflower
        ―  yínliánhuā  ―  windflower
      半邊半边  ―  bànbiānlián  ―  Lobelia chinensis
      穿心穿心  ―  chuānxīnlián  ―  Andrographis paniculata (with flowers similar to Lobelia chinensis)
    3. (Buddhism) Buddha's world; paradise

    Synonyms edit

    • (lotus):

    Descendants edit

    • Vietnamese: sen

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    Pronunciation edit



    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial () (37)
    Final () (77)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    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
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 8000
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*renʔ/

    Definitions edit

    1. Only used in 蓮勺莲勺 (Liǎnzhuó).

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai
    Kyūjitai
    [1]


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    +&#xFE00;?
     
    蓮󠄀
    +&#xE0100;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
    蓮󠄄
    +&#xE0104;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
    蓮󠄃
    +&#xE0103;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
     
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    Kanji edit

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for namesshinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

    1. lotus plant or flower, Nelumbo nucifera

    Readings edit

    Etymology 1 edit

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

    Originally a compound of (hachi, bee) +‎ (su, nest, hive), literally “beehive, honeycomb”, from the way the lotus seed resembles a honeycomb.[2][3]

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (はちす) (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

    Proper noun edit

    (はちす) (Hachisu

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

    Etymology 2 edit

    Kanji in this term
    はす
    Jinmeiyō
    kun’yomi

    /hat͡ɕisu/ → */hassu//hasu/

    Appears to be a contraction of hachisu above.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (はす) or (ハス) (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

    Proper noun edit

    (はす) (Hasu

    1. a female given name
    2. a surname

    Etymology 3 edit

    Kanji in this term
    れん
    Jinmeiyō
    on’yomi

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

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (れん) (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

    Proper noun edit

    (れん) (Ren

    1. a female given name
    2. a surname

    References edit

    1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1848 (paper), page 976 (digital)
    2. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
    3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    From Middle Chinese (MC len). Recorded as Middle Korean (lyen) (Yale: lyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 연꽃 (yeonkkot ryeon), South Korea 연꽃 (yeonkkot yeon))

    1. Hanja form? of / (lotus).

    Compounds edit

    References edit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: liên

    1. (only in compounds) lotus