# 璉

| 璉 | U+7489, &#29833; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7489 |
| ← 璈 [U+7488] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 璊 → [U+748A] |
| 璉 | U+F994, &#63892; 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 1513$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (lian$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lin$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liǎn
*** Wade–Giles: lien$^3$
*** Yale: lyǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lean
*** Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛn²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lin$^5$
*** Yale: líhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lin$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lin$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /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$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯ɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lin$^5$ |
* 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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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: [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.
* Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005).

## Vietnamese
### Han character

璉: Hán Nôm readings: liễn
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