蓮

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蓮 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜十十 (TYJJ), four-corner 4430₄, composition ⿱艹連)

• 𡂴, 𡣻, 𤂍, 櫣, 𤑞, 𤪼, 𨯌, 𬞮

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1052, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31722
• Dae Jaweon: page 1514, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3261, character 10
• Unihan data for U+84EE

• Unihan data for U+F999

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 蓮 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 蓮 (Classical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *renʔ, *reːn) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 連 (OC *ren).

Related to 蕑 (OC *kreːn, “lotus seed”) (Schuessler, 2007).

蓮

1. lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
2. (in compounds or archaic) A plant with lotus-like flowers or leaves, or another plant similar to such a plant

   睡蓮／睡莲  ―  shuìlián  ―  water lily

   金蓮花／金莲花  ―  jīnliánhuā  ―  globeflower

   銀蓮花／银莲花  ―  yínliánhuā  ―  windflower

   半邊蓮／半边莲  ―  bànbiānlián  ―  Lobelia chinensis

   穿心蓮／穿心莲  ―  chuānxīnlián  ―  Andrographis paniculata (with flowers similar to Lobelia chinensis)

   • 蓮，花之君子者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     莲，花之君子者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1063, Zhou Dunyi, Ode to Lotus Lovers

     Lián, huā zhī jūnzǐ zhě yě.

     Lotus is the gentleman among flowers.

3. (Buddhism) Buddha's world; paradise

• (lotus):

• →⇒ Old Uyghur: 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 (lénhua)
• → Vietnamese: sen

蓮

1. Only used in 蓮勺／莲勺 (Liǎnzhuó).

• “蓮”, 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–

Shinjitai	蓮
Kyūjitai [1]	蓮 蓮 or 蓮+︀?
	蓮󠄀 蓮+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	蓮󠄄 蓮+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
	蓮󠄃 蓮+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蓮)

1. lotus plant or flower, Nelumbo nucifera

• Go-on: れん (ren)
• Kan-on: れん (ren)
• Kun: はす (hasu, 蓮)、はちす (hachisu, 蓮)

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

蓮

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Nelumbo nucifera

Wikipedia

Originally a compound of 蜂 (hachi, “bee”) +‎ 巣 (su, “nest, hive”), literally “beehive, honeycomb”, from the way the lotus seed resembles a honeycomb.^[2][3]

• (Tokyo) はちす (Heiban – )^[3]
• IPA^(key):

蓮(はちす) • (hachisu) 

1. older name for hasu below: a lotus plant or flower, Nelumbo nucifera
2. (Buddhism, particularly Pure Land Buddhism) a lotus bloom in the realm of Sukhāvatī (“Land of Ultimate Bliss”), as an expression of reincarnation
3. alternate name for 木槿 (mukuge), Hibiscus syriacus: the rose of Sharon, rose mallow, or St. Joseph's rod

蓮(はちす) • (Hachisu) 

1. the name of various places in Japan
2. a surname

/hat͡ɕisu/ → */hassu/ → /hasu/

Appears to be a contraction of hachisu above.

• (Tokyo) はす (Heiban – )^[3]
• IPA^(key):

蓮(はす) or 蓮(ハス) • (hasu) 

1. a lotus plant or flower

The reading hasu appears to be more common for the lotus meaning in modern Japanese.

蓮(はす) • (Hasu) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

From Middle Chinese 蓮／莲 (len, “lotus fruit”). Compare modern Mandarin reading lián.

• IPA^(key):

蓮(れん) • (ren) 

1. a lotus plant or flower

The ren reading is seldom used on its own. It is most often used in compounds.

蓮(れん) • (Ren) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

From Middle Chinese 蓮 (MC len). Recorded as Middle Korean 련 (lyen) (Yale: lyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

蓮

Wikisource

蓮 (eumhun 연꽃 련 (yeonkkot ryeon), word-initial (South Korea) 연꽃 연 (yeonkkot yeon))

1. hanja form^? of 련/연 (“lotus”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

蓮: Hán Nôm readings: liên

1. (only in compounds) lotus