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漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

蓮: lotus

JLPT N113 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 連 is drawn in

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

レンren · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 蓮華れんげlotus flower
  • 白蓮びゃくれんwhite lotus

はすhasu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 蓮はすsacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)

Also read はちす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
More in the 艹 grass story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
艹

Also built on grass (艹)

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Also read レン

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
蓮 lotus · 艹 + 連
vs運 carry · 軍 + ⻌
蓮 has 艹 + 連 where 運 has 軍 + ⻌.
In ChineseSimplified 莲 · traditional, as in Japanese · lián

Japan keeps the traditional form 蓮; mainland China simplifies it to 莲.

Simplified
莲 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
蓮 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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