# 漣

| 漣 | U+6F23, &#28451; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F23 |
| ← 漢 [U+6F22] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 漤 → [U+6F24] |
| 漣 | U+F992, &#63890; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F992 |
| ← 撚 [U+F991] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 煉 → [U+F993] |

## Translingual
### Han character

漣 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水卜十十 (EYJJ), four-corner 3513$_0$, composition ⿰氵連)

#### Derived characters

* 𢣣, 𬮖

#### Related characters

* 涟 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 646, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18155
* Dae Jaweon: page 1056, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1695, character 3
* Unihan data for U+6F23
* Unihan data for U+F992

## Chinese

* 漣水 (湘江支流)

### 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ren) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 連 (OC *ren)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lián (lian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lin$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lián
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lián
*** Wade–Giles: lien$^2$
*** Yale: lyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
*** Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lin$^4$
*** Yale: lìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân
*** Tâi-lô: liân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lieen
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³/
* Middle Chinese: ljen, ljenH
Rime :
| Character | 漣 | 漣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 力延切 | 連彦切 |
| Baxter | ljen | ljenH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liᴇn/ | /liᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɛn/ | /liɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljæn/ | /ljæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lian/ | /lian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /liɛn/ | /liɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭɛn/ | /lĭɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯ɛn/ | /li̯ɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lián | liàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lin$^4$ | lin$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]a[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ren/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 漣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lián |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ljen › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]a[n]/ |
| English | ripple; drip |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 漣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7993 |
| Phonetic component | 連 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 連 |
| Old Chinese | /*ren/ |

### Definitions

漣
* (of water) ripple
* appearance of continuous weeping
* (～水) river in Hunan province

### Compounds

* 楊漣 / 杨涟
* 泣血漣如 / 泣血涟如
* 流漣 / 流涟 (liúlián)
* 清漣 / 清涟
* 淪漣 / 沦涟
* 漣水 / 涟水 (Liánshuǐ)
* 漣波 / 涟波
* 漣洳 / 涟洳
* 漣洏 / 涟洏
* 漣漣 / 涟涟 (liánlián)
* 漪漣 / 漪涟
* 漣漪 / 涟漪 (liányī)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| 漣󠄂 漣+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| Kyūjitai | 漣 |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* ripple
* (of tears) continuously flowing

#### Readings

* Go-on: れん (ren)
* Kan-on: れん (ren)
* Kun: さざなみ (sazanami, 漣)

#### Compounds

* 砂(さ)漣(れん) (saren, “sand ripple”)
* 漣(れん)漪(い) (ren'i, “ripple”)
* 漣(れん)音(おん) (ren'on, “mordent”)
* 漣(れん)痕(こん) (renkon, “ripple mark”)
* 漣(れん)漣(れん) (renren, “(of tears) continuously flowing”)

### Definitions

* Kanji in this term
* 漣
* さざなみ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 漣 – see the following entry. :
| 【細波さざなみ】 | [noun] ripple Alternative spelling 小波 |
(This term, 漣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

漣 (eum 련 (ryeon), word-initial (South Korea) 연 (yeon))
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#### Compounds

* 연흔 (漣痕, yeonheun)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

漣: Hán Việt readings: liên (靈(linh)年(niên)切(thiết))
漣: Nôm readings: trơn, lăn, liên
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### References

* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Génibrel (1898).
* ↑ Nguyễn (2014).
* ↑ Hồ (1976).