Hanja Analyzer
蓮

蓮 — ryeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
연꽃 련
Romanization
ryeon
English
lotus, water lily; paradise
Mandarin
lián
Japanese on'yomi
レン
Japanese kun'yomi
はす はちす
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,839 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
艸 (140, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+84EE

Parts that make up 蓮

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 連 이을 련 사람이 끄는 수레잇다. ‘련’ 계열의 소리

How 蓮 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蓮 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 連.

Korean example words with 蓮

  • 연당蓮塘 Korean gloss: 연꽃을 심은 못
  • 연지蓮池 Korean gloss: 연꽃을 심은 못
  • 홍련紅蓮 Korean gloss: 붉은 빛깔의 연꽃
  • 연당蓮堂 Korean gloss: 연꽃을 구경하기 위하여 연못가에 지어 놓은 정자
  • 연잎蓮잎 Korean gloss: 연꽃의 잎
  • 연못蓮못 Korean gloss: 연꽃을 심은 못
  • 연화문蓮花紋 Korean gloss: 연꽃 모양의 무늬
  • 연근죽蓮根粥 Korean gloss: 연근을 넣고 쑨 죽
  • 연화등蓮花燈 Korean gloss: 연꽃 모양으로 만든 등
  • 연밥蓮밥 Korean gloss: 연꽃의 열매. 식용하거나 약용한다
  • 연밭蓮밭 Korean gloss: 연꽃으로 뒤덮인 밭. 또는 그런 곳
  • 연근전蓮根煎 Korean gloss: 삶은 연근에 밀가루를 묻히고 계란 흰자를 씌워 부친 전

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 蓮

  • 蓮はす sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus
  • 蓮華れんげ lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon
  • 蓮根れんこん lotus root
  • 白蓮びゃくれん white lotus; purity; pure heart
  • 睡蓮すいれん water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
  • 蓮台れんだい lotus-shaped pedestal for images of the Buddha; river palanquin; river litter (vehicle)
  • 木蓮もくれん lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
  • 紅蓮ぐれん bright red; crimson lotus flower
  • 鬼蓮オニバス prickly waterlily (Euryale ferox)
  • 蓮芋はすいも giant elephant ear (species of taro, Colocasia gigantea)
  • 蓮池はすいけ lotus pond
  • 蓮角れんかく jacana (esp. the pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus); lily-trotter

Other hanja read “련”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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