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廉
廉
Translingual
Han character
廉 (radical 53 广+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿X金 (ITXC), four-corner 00237, composition ⿸广兼)
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (inexpensive): 貴
Derived characters
See also
References
- KangXi: page 349, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9436
- Dae Jaweon: page 659, character 32
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 896, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5EC9
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
廉 | |
|---|---|---|
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: lien2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
- IPA (key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/
-
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lim4
- Yale: lìhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: lim4
- IPA (key): /liːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liàm
- Hakka Romanization System: liamˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: liam2
- IPA: /li̯am¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâm
- Tâi-lô: liâm
- Phofsit Daibuun: liaam
- IPA (Xiamen): /liam²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liam²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /liam²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 廉 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /lian³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /lian²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /lian⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /liã⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /liã⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /lian⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /liã²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /liã²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /lian⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /liɛ̃n⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /lian⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /niɛn²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /nian³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /nian²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /liɛ̃³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /lien²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /liĩ⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /lie¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /lie̞¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /lie³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /li²³/ |
| Suzhou | /liɪ¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /liẽ̞²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /li³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /le⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /liɛ⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /liẽ¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /niẽ¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /liɛn⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /liam¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /liɑm¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /lim²¹/ |
| Nanning | /lim²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /lim²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /liam³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /lieŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /liŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /niam⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /liam³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 廉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力鹽切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/liᴇm/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/liɛm/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ljæm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/liam/ |
| Li Rong |
/liɛm/ |
| Wang Li |
/lĭɛm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/li̯ɛm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lián |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 廉 | 廉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
lián | lián |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ljem › | ‹ ljem › |
| Old Chinese |
/*(k-)rem/ | /*[r]em/ |
| English | frugal | angle |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 廉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6042 |
| Phonetic component |
兼 |
| Rime group |
談 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
廉 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡ·rem/ |
Definitions
廉
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Korean
Hanja
廉 • (ryeom) (hangeul 렴, revised ryeom, McCune-Reischauer ryŏm, Yale lyem)
Definitions
- honest, pure
- to spy on
Compounds
- 淸廉 (청렴)
- 廉探 (염탐)
Vietnamese
Han character
廉 (liêm, rèm)
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