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蓮

lián

lotus

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

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

連 sound component

連  Sound component

lián

  

connect, join, link

Evolution

蓮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蓮 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蓮 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蓮 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蓮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

莲 (蓮) 

lián

lotus, water lily; paradise; lotus

Most common words with 蓮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

莲

lotus

莲花

water-lily

榴莲

durian fruit

莲子

lotus seed

莲藕

lotus root

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k.[r]ˤe[n] (cf. 蕑 jiān < kean < *kˤre[n] (dial. *k.rˤ- > kˤr-) ‘lotus fruit (Ode 145.2)’)

len

lián

lotus fruit


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.5239% of movies

2045th most common character in movies

1837th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

莲

Unicode

U+84EE

Shuowen

“蓮，芙蕖之實也。从艸，連聲。”


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