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楝

楝

Translingual

Han character

楝 (radical 75 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木木田火 (DDWF), four-corner 45996, composition ⿰木柬)

References

  • KangXi: page 540, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15148
  • Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1245, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+695D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 楝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 楝
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (柬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蘭 *ɡ·raːn
攔 *ɡ·raːn
欄 *ɡ·raːn
瀾 *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕 *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌 *ɡ·raːn
韊 *ɡ·raːn
幱 *ɡ·raːn
籣 *ɡ·raːn
躝 *ɡ·raːn
爛 *ɡ·raːns
爤 *ɡ·raːns
鑭 *ɡ·raːns
糷 *ɡ·raːns
斕 *ɡr·reːn
揀 *kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬 *kreːnʔ
暕 *kreːnʔ
諫 *kraːns
練 *ɡ·reːns
鍊 *ɡ·reːns
煉 *ɡ·reːns
楝 *ɡ·reːns
萰 *ɡ·reːns
堜 *ɡ·reːns
湅 *ɡ·reːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡ·reːns) : 木 + 柬.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 楝
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /lenH/
Wang
Li		 /lienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 liàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 楝
Reading # 1/1
No. 6144
Phonetic
component		 柬
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 練
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡ·reːns/

Definitions

楝

  1. Melia azedarach (formerly known as Melia japonica), a tree in the mahogany family

Japanese

Kanji

楝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. (멀구슬나무): bead tree, chinaberry, Melia azedarach

See also

Vietnamese

Han character

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