Hanja Analyzer
楝

楝 — ryeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
멀구슬나무 련
Romanization
ryeon
English
Melia japonica
Mandarin
liàn
Japanese on'yomi
レン
Japanese kun'yomi
おおち おうち
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
木 (75, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
剌(련)
Unicode
U+695D

Parts that make up 楝

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 柬 가릴 간 묶음에서 골라낸 모양가리다. ‘간·련’ 계열의 소리

How 楝 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 楝 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 柬.

Japanese words with 楝

  • 楝おうち chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); light purple outside, green inside

Characters sharing the phonetic 剌

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “련” in Korean.

Other hanja read “련”

Other hanja with radical 木

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