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lián

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lián Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lián | lian2
English translation
lotus, water lily; paradise

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About lián

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

lián

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

flower

Etymology of lián

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹連

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

lián

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and Lián represents the sound. Simplified form of lián .

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Words with lián

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lián lotus lián
莲花 lián huā water-lily蓮花
榴莲 liú lián durian fruit榴蓮
莲子 lián zǐ lotus seed蓮子
莲藕 lián ǒu lotus root蓮藕
雪莲 xuě lián snow lotus herb雪蓮
白莲 bái lián white lotus (flower)白蓮
潘金莲 Pān Jīn lián Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅 Jīn píng méi 潘金蓮
林忆莲 Lín Yì lián Sandy Lam (1966-), Hong Kong pop singer林憶蓮
睡莲 shuì lián water lily睡蓮

lián Decomposition & Compounds

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