蓮

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 13
Simplified Form: 莲

Pronunciation

Pinyin: lián, liǎn
Cantonese: lin4
JapaneseKun: HASU
JapaneseOn: REN
Korean: LYEN
Vietnamese: sen

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: lotus, water lily; paradise

CE-Dict: lotus

Soothill: puṇḍarīka (पुण्डरीक), the lotus, especially the white lotus, Numphoea alba; padma (पद्म), especially the Nelumbium speciosum; utpala (उत्पल), the Nymphoea coerulea, the blue lotus; kumuda (कुमुद), Nymphoea esculenta, white lotus, or N. rubra, red lotus; nīlotpala (नीलोत्पल), N. cyanea, a blue lotus. The first four are called white, red, blue, and yellow lotuses; but the white lotus is generally meant unless otherwise specified.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a lotus

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: lotus rhizome - 植
lotus root - 植
sacred lotus - 植

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: lotus
【醫】 Nelumbo nucifera

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: lotus

湘雅醫學專業詞典: Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》蓮芙蕖之實也。从艸連聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蓮
〔古文〕苓【唐韻】落賢切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】靈年切，𠀤音連。【爾雅疏】北人以蓮爲荷。又【說文】芙蕖之實也。【爾雅·釋草】荷，芙蕖。其實蓮。【註】蓮謂房也。　又【集韻】連彥切，連去聲。【前漢·地理志】左馮翊蓮勺。【後漢·鄭興傳註】蓮勺，故城在今同州下邳縣東北。　又【字彙補】所夾切。草名。【廣雅】鳶尾、烏蓮，射干也。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （植物）彌陀之淨土，以蓮華為所居，故指淨土曰蓮。

Japanese Places Hachisu (loc)

CF-Dict: lotus

Han-De-Dict: Lotus (u.E.)