蓮花

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See also: 莲花

Chinese

lotus
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
trad. (蓮花)
simp. (莲花)
anagram 花蓮花莲
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (37) (32)
Final () (85) (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () IV II
Fanqie
Baxter len xwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/len/ /hˠua/
Pan
Wuyun
/len/ /hʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛn/ /xua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛn/ /hwaɨ/
Li
Rong
/len/ /xua/
Wang
Li
/lien/ /xwa/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lien/ /xwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lián huā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lin4 faa1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lián huā
Middle
Chinese
‹ len › ‹ xwæ ›
Old
Chinese
/*k.ˁe/ (cf. 蕑 jiān < kean < *kˁre (dial. *k.rˁ- > kˁr-) ‘lotus fruit (Ode 145.2)’) /*qʷʰˁra/
English lotus fruit flower (n.)

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
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 8004 5326
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːn/ /*hʷraː/
Notes

Noun

蓮花

  1. lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
    蓮花莲花  ―  liánhuā chí  ―  lotus pond
  2. water lily (Nymphaea)

Synonyms

  • (lotus):

Derived terms

Proper noun

蓮花

  1. () Lianhua (a county of Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China)
  2. () Lianhua (a village in Wenquan, Yingshan, Huanggang, Hubei, China)