lián

lotus

#1837

Character data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 1837th character
Radical ⾋ (140.8)
Strokes 10
Index # 1823
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

莲 lián
  1. 1. lotus

Stroke order

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Words containing 莲

Word Meaning
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)
lotus root
water lily
calla lily; calla
durian fruit; Durio zibethinus
White Lotus society
passion flower
white lotus (flower); same as bái lián jiào; White Lotus society
fig. a devoted married couple
Wulian county in Rizhao rì zhào, Shandong
Wulian county in Rizhao rì zhào, Shandong
Ephraim (city)
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
Hazeline, Unilever range of skin care products
The Lotus Sutra
garden nasturtium; Tropaeolum majus
Lotus (department store chain)
Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Massachusetts)
Sandy Lam (1966-), Hong Kong pop singer
worker who is capable but unpleasant to deal with
durian fruit; also written liú lián guǒ
Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus jīn píng méi
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), US actress
red lotus
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