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廉: bargain, reason

Also: charge, suspicion, point, account, purity, honest, low price, cheap, rested, contented, peaceful

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

广 carries the meaning · 兼 gives the sound

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

レンren · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 廉売れんばいbargain sale
  • 廉価れんかlow price; moderate price
  • 清廉せいれんhonest; upright; cleanhanded
  • 低廉ていれんcheap; inexpensive
  • 廉潔れんけつhonest; incorruptible; integrity

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Build on the hillside! This radical represents practical buildings that provide shelter while leaning directly into the landscape.”
More in the 广 slant roof story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
广

Also built on slant roof (广)

All 25
兼

Also built on concurrently (兼)

The 兼 family reads ケン (ken); 廉 is read レン.

Also read レン

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
廉 bargain · 广
vs嫌 dislike · 女
廉 has 广 where 嫌 has 女.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lián

Same form: 廉 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
廉 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
廉 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lián most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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