lián
flowing water
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 連 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 漣
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
ripple | ||
ripple | ||
Lianyuan county level city in Loudi 婁底|娄底[Lóudǐ], Hunan | ||
Lianshui county in Huai'an 淮安[Huái'ān], Jiangsu | ||
Lianyuan county level city in Loudi 婁底|娄底[Lóudǐ], Hunan |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]a[n] | ljen | lián | ripple; drip |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3889th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+6F23 |
Shuowen | “瀾,大波為瀾。从水,闌聲。漣,瀾或从連。” |
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