濂

濂 · lián

a waterfall; a river in Hunan

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lián
Cantonese
lim4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a waterfall; a river in Hunan

Dictionary definitions & readings

濂 lián · name of a river in Hunan

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
31763.050:lián,xiǎn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0701.030:lián Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
219.130:lián Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
lián粵lim4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
レン セン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
렴:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
勒兼 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
EITC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3013.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0654.200 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
229.03 229.20 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6FC2
Radical
水 · 85
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6181

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
濂
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
lem · 勒兼 · 咸開四平添來 · #1127

PHONO-ML, source line 8761; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
835.406
kDaeJaweon
1064.170
kHanYu
31763.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1064.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31763.050
kIRGKangXi
0654.200
kKangXi
0654.200
kKarlgren
552
kMatthews
4004
kMorohashi
18441 18441:E0101
kSBGY
229.03 229.20
kSMSZD2003Index
388.01
kCangjie
EITC
kFourCornerCode
3013.7
kHKGlyph
2324
kMojiJoho
MJ016041 MJ016041:E0101 MJ016042:E0102
kPhonetic
804
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6525
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BEFC
kIRG_JSource
J0-5F32
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D8B9
kIRG_KSource
K0-5632
kIRG_TSource
T1-7127
kIRG_VSource
VN-06FC2
kRSUnicode
85.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BEFC
kCCCII
21487A
kCNS1986
1-7127
kCNS1992
1-7127
kEACC
21487A
kGB0
6905
kGB1
6905
kJis0
6318
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3425
kTGH
2013:6181
kXerox
315:246
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5517+85.3.13
kCantonese
lim4
kDefinition
a waterfall; a river in Hunan
kFanqie
勒兼
kHangul
렴:0N
kHanyuPinyin
31763.050:lián,xiǎn
kJapanese
レン セン
kJapaneseKun
USUI MAJIERU
kJapaneseOn
REN DEN
kKorean
LYEM
kMandarin
lián
kSMSZD2003Readings
lián粵lim4
kTGHZ2013
219.130:lián
kXHC1983
0701.030:lián
kSpoofingVariant
U+6FD3

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 濂0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
氵 beside 廉 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿰氵廉$(GHTKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰氵廉$(GHTKPV)

^⿰氵⿸广⿻⿳一{43}八⿰亻亻$(J) · preserved, not fully parsed

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.