白蓮

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Chinese

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (3) (37)
Final () (113) (85)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II IV
Fanqie
Baxter baek len
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠæk̚/ /len/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚak̚/ /len/
Shao
Rongfen
/bak̚/ /lɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨjk̚/ /lɛn/
Li
Rong
/bɐk̚/ /len/
Wang
Li
/bɐk̚/ /lien/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱɐk̚/ /lien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak6 lin4

Etymology 1

white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
lotus
trad. (白蓮)
simp. (白莲)

Noun

白蓮

  1. white lotus
  2. white lotus-shaped lamp
Derived terms

Etymology 2

phonetic
trad. (白蓮)
simp. (白莲)

Proper noun

白蓮

  1. name of an ancient state; probably located in modern Bahrain

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
びゃく
Grade: 1
れん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(びゃく)(れん) (byakurenびやくれん (byakuren)?

  1. white lotus

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しら
Grade: 1
はす
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From the kunyomi readings (しら) (shira) + (はす) (hasu).

Pronunciation

Noun

(しら)(はす) (shirahasu

  1. white lotus

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN