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漣

漣

See also: 涟

Translingual

Han character

漣 (radical 85 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水卜十十 (EYJJ), four-corner 35130, composition ⿰⺡連)

  1. flowing water
  2. ripples
  3. weeping

Derived characters

  • 𢣣, 𬮖

References

  • KangXi: page 646, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18155
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1056, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1695, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6F23

Chinese

trad. 漣
simp. 涟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (連) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
連 *ren
漣 *ren
鰱 *ren
翴 *ren
鏈 *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen
璉 *renʔ
僆 *renʔ, *reːns
摙 *renʔ, *rens
蓮 *renʔ, *reːn
嗹 *reːn
縺 *reːn

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 漣 漣
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 仙 (77) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 力延切 連彦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /liᴇn/ /liᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /liɛn/ /liɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ljæn/ /ljænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lian/ /lianH/
Li
Rong		 /liɛn/ /liɛnH/
Wang
Li		 /lĭɛn/ /lĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /li̯ɛn/ /li̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lián liàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 漣
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lián
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ljen ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]a[n]/
English ripple; drip

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 漣
Reading # 1/1
No. 7993
Phonetic
component		 連
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 連
Old
Chinese		 /*ren/

Definitions

漣

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Compounds

  • 楊漣／杨涟
  • 泣血漣如／泣血涟如
  • 淪漣／沦涟
  • 清漣／清涟
  • 漣洏／涟洏
  • 漣洳／涟洳

Japanese

Kanji

漣

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. ripple
  2. (of tears) continuously flowing

Readings

Compounds

Kanji in this term
漣
さざなみ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

細 ‎(saza-, “small”) +‎ 波 ‎(nami, “wave”)

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

漣 ‎(hiragana さざなみ, romaji sazanami)

  1. ripple

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

漣 • ‎(ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune-Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)

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