璉

See also: 琏

璉	U+7489, 璉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7489

← 璈
[U+7488]

CJK Unified Ideographs

璊 →
[U+748A]

璉	U+F994, 璉 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F994

← 煉
[U+F993]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

秊 →
[U+F995]

Translingual

Han character

璉 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜十十 (MGYJJ), four-corner 1513₀, composition ⿰𤣩連)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 741, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21206
Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1130, character 11
Unihan data for U+7489

Unihan data for U+F994

Chinese

trad.		璉
simp.		琏

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎn (lian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǎn
  - Wade–Giles: lien³
  - Yale: lyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lean
  - Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lin⁵
  - Yale: líhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn¹³/

Middle Chinese: ljenX

Rime
Character	璉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力展切
Baxter	ljenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lian^X/
Li Rong	/liɛn^X/
Wang Li	/lĭɛn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*renʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璉
Reading #	1/1
No.	7997
Phonetic component	連
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	輦
Old Chinese	/*renʔ/

Definitions

璉

vessel for holding grain offerings in an ancestral hall

Compounds

瑚璉 / 瑚琏 (húliǎn)
瑚璉之器 / 瑚琏之器
瑚璉器 / 瑚琏器

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 璉 – see 連 (“man-drawn carriage; to link; to join; to connect; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 連).

References

“璉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

璉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: れん (ren)
Kan-on: れん (ren)
Kun: うつわ (utsuwa, 璉)

Compounds

瑚(こ)璉(れん) (koren)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 璉 (MC ljenX).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjʌ̹n] ~ [jʌ̹n]
Phonetic hangul: [련/연]

Hanja

Wikisource

璉 (eumhun 호련 련 (horyeon ryeon), word-initial (South Korea) 호련 연 (horyeon yeon))

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Compounds

호련 (瑚璉, horyeon)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005). [3]

Vietnamese

Han character

璉: Hán Nôm readings: liễn

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