漣

See also: 涟

漣	U+6F23, 漣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F23

← 漢
[U+6F22]

CJK Unified Ideographs

漤 →
[U+6F24]

漣	U+F992, 漣 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F992

← 撚
[U+F991]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

煉 →
[U+F993]

Translingual[edit]

References[edit]

Kangxi Dictionary: page 646, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18155
Dae Jaweon: page 1056, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1695, character 3
Unihan data for U+6F23

Unihan data for U+F992

Chinese[edit]

trad.		漣
simp.		涟

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漣水 (湘江支流)

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (連) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
連	*ren
漣	*ren
鰱	*ren
翴	*ren
鏈	ren, rens, *r̥ʰen
璉	*renʔ
僆	renʔ, reːns
摙	renʔ, rens
蓮	renʔ, reːn
嗹	*reːn
縺	*reːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ren) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 連 (OC *ren)

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lián (lian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lián
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lián
  - Wade–Giles: lien²
  - Yale: lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
  - Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lin⁴
  - Yale: lìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân
  - Tâi-lô: liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³/

Middle Chinese: ljen, ljenH

Rime
Character	漣	漣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力延切	連彦切
Baxter	ljen	ljenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇn/	/liᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛn/	/liɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæn/	/ljæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lian/	/lian^H/
Li Rong	/liɛn/	/liɛn^H/
Wang Li	/lĭɛn/	/lĭɛn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛn/	/li̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián	liàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin⁴	lin⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]a[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*ren/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	漣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lián
Middle Chinese	‹ ljen ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]a[n]/
English	ripple; drip
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	漣
Reading #	1/1
No.	7993
Phonetic component	連
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	連
Old Chinese	/*ren/

Definitions[edit]

漣

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	漣󠄁 漣+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
漣󠄂 漣+`󠄂`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	漣
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Kanji[edit]

漣

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

ripple
(of tears) continuously flowing

Readings[edit]

Go-on: れん (ren)
Kan-on: れん (ren)
Kun: さざなみ (sazanami, 漣)

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

砂(さ)漣(れん) (saren, “sand ripple”)
漣(れん)漪(い) (ren'i, “ripple”)
漣(れん)音(おん) (ren'on, “mordent”)
漣(れん)痕(こん) (renkon, “ripple mark”)
漣(れん)漣(れん) (renren, “(of tears) continuously flowing”)

Definitions[edit]

Kanji in this term
漣
さざなみ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 漣 – see the following entry.

【細波さざなみ】

[noun] ripple

Alternative spelling
小波

(This term, 漣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

漣 (eum 련 (ryeon), South Korea 연 (yeon))

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Compounds[edit]

Compounds

연흔 (漣痕, yeonheun)

Vietnamese[edit]