lián

flag used as a shop sign

Simplified form of . Depicts a type of cloth () that is used for hanging on an opening ().

Components
穴 meaning component

  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

Alludes to a tavern or a shop.

巾 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

cloth

Evolution

帘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
帘 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
帘 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

 

lián

flag used as a shop sign; variant of |[lián]

() 

lián

a blind, screen, curtain; hanging screen or curtain

Most common words with 帘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

窗帘

window curtains

hanging screen or curtain

眼帘

eyesight

帘子

curtain

卷帘门

roll-up door

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 4.2448% of movies

2539th most common character in movies

2458th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+5E18
Sources

魏励《东方汉字辨析手册》p.229



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