漣

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See also: 涟

漣	U+6F23, 漣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F23

CJK Unified Ideographs

漣	U+F992, 漣 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F992

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

𢣣, 𬮖

Related characters

涟 (Simplified Chinese)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 646, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18155
Dae Jaweon: page 1056, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1695, character 3
Unihan data for U+6F23

Unihan data for U+F992

Chinese

trad.		漣
simp.		涟

Wikipedia has an article on:

漣水 (湘江支流)

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ren): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 連 (OC *ren)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lián (lian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): lièng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): leng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liân

(Teochew, Peng'im): liêng⁵ / liang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lián
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lián
  - Wade–Giles: lien²
  - Yale: lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
  - Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lin⁴
  - Yale: lìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lièng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: leng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: léng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: leng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân
  - Tâi-lô: liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liêng⁵ / liang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liêng / liâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lieŋ⁵⁵/, /liaŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

liêng5 - Chaozhou;
liang5 - Shantoum Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.

Middle Chinese: ljen, ljenH

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
Baxter	ljen	ljenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇn/	/liᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛn/	/liɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæn/	/ljæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lian/	/lian^H/
Li Rong	/liɛn/	/liɛn^H/
Wang Li	/lĭɛn/	/lĭɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛn/	/li̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián	liàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin⁴	lin⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*a/

(Zhengzhang): /*ren/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	漣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lián
Middle Chinese	‹ ljen ›
Old Chinese	/*a/
English	ripple; drip
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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

Compounds

References

“漣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “涟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 137.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	漣󠄁 漣+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
漣󠄂 漣+`󠄂`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Print standard	漣
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 漣

漣

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

ripple
(of tears) continuously flowing

Readings

Go-on: れん (ren)
Kan-on: れん (ren)
Kun: さざなみ (sazanami, 漣)

Compounds

砂(さ)漣(れん) (saren, “sand ripple”)
漣(れん)漪(い) (ren'i, “ripple”)
漣(れん)音(おん) (ren'on, “mordent”)
漣(れん)痕(こん) (renkon, “ripple mark”)
漣(れん)漣(れん) (renren, “(of tears) continuously flowing”)

Definitions

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 漣 – see the following entry.

【細波さざなみ】

Alternative spelling
小波

(This term, 漣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

漣 (eum 련 (ryeon), word-initial (South Korea) 연 (yeon))

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Compounds

연흔 (漣痕, yeonheun)

Vietnamese

Han character

漣: Hán Việt readings: liên (靈(linh)年(niên)切(thiết))
漣: Nôm readings: trơn, lăn, liên

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References

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