lián

flag-sign of a tavern

An upright bamboo ⺮ sign

Components
⺮ meaning component

  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

廉 meaning component

  Meaning component

lián

  

upright

Evolution

簾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
簾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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lián

a blind, screen, curtain; hanging screen or curtain

Most common words with 簾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

窗帘

window curtains

hanging screen or curtain

眼帘

eyesight

帘子

curtain

卷帘门

roll-up door

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*rem

ljem

lián

bamboo curtain


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.2448% of movies

2539th most common character in movies

2458th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Simplified

Unicode

U+7C3E

Shuowen

“簾,堂簾也。从竹,廉聲。”


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