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蓮
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
莲
🇨🇳

lotus

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Plants
lián
レン
はす、はちす
련
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 連 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (蓮)
艹 grass (top)+ 連 one after another =
蓮 lotus
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
連 Phonetic component
one after another
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Simplified (莲)
艹 grass (top)+ 连 connect =
莲 lotus
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
连 Phonetic component
lián connect
join, connect
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蓮
Regular
Modern
Chinese
莲 / 蓮 [lián]
lotus
Japanese
蓮 、 藕 (rare) はす 、 はちす (old) 、 ハス 同音

noun

  1. usually kana sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus
  2. usually kana rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
こちらには大きなハスの葉があります。
We have very big lotus leaves.
Japanese Names
蓮 はす
Hasu female given namesurname
蓮 はちす
Hachisu place namesurname
蓮 れん
Ren female given namemale given namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (46)
莲花 [lián​huā] #15,246
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)
榴莲 [liú​lián] #55,308
durian fruit
莲子 [lián​zǐ] #18,048
lotus seed
莲藕 [lián​'ǒu] #37,062
lotus root
雪莲 [xuě​lián] #26,102
snow lotus herb
白莲 [bái​lián] #27,490
white lotus (flower)
潘金莲 [Pān​Jīn​lián] #30,167
Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅
林忆莲 [Lín​Yì​lián] #34,047
Sandy Lam (1966-), Hong Kong pop singer
睡莲 [shuì​lián] #47,111
water lily
并蒂莲 [bìng​dì​lián] #59,297
lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk
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JAPANESE WORDS (53)
⭐ 蓮 [はす] #12,909
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
紅蓮 [ぐれん] #15,845
bright red
一蓮托生 [いちれんたくしょう] #29,603
sharing one's lot with another
⭐ ほうれん草 [ほうれんそう] #33,105
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
蓮華 [れんげ] #38,003
lotus flower
睡蓮 [すいれん] #53,944
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea)
木蓮 [もくれん] #70,358
lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
蓮根 [れんこん] #71,164
lotus root
蓮っ葉 [はすっぱ] #80,868
vulgar
蓮池 [はすいけ] #82,695
lotus pond
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
연근
lotus root