lián

flowing water

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

连 sound component

  Sound component

lián

  

connect, join, link

Evolution

涟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
涟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
涟 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
涟 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
涟 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

lián

flowing water; ripples; weeping; ripple; tearful

Most common words with 涟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

涟漪

ripple

ripple

涟源市

Lianyuan county level city in Loudi 婁底|娄底[Lóu​dǐ], Hunan

涟水

Lianshui county in Huai'an 淮安[Huái​'ān], Jiangsu

涟源

Lianyuan county level city in Loudi 婁底|娄底[Lóu​dǐ], Hunan