漣 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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lián

flowing water

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 連 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

連 Sound component

lián

connect, join, link

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lián

flowing water; ripples; weeping; ripple; tearful

Most common words with 漣

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	涟漪	ripple
	涟	ripple
	涟源市	Lianyuan county level city in Loudi 婁底\|娄底[Lóudǐ], 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[Lóudǐ], Hunan

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[r]a[n]	ljen	lián	ripple; drip

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3889th most common character in books

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