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Kotomora

簾

bamboo screen, rattan blind

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes19

Readings

On'yomi

  • レン

Kun'yomi

  • すだれ
  • す

Nanori

  • みす

Meaning

簾 centers on a hanging screen or blind made from thin strips, typically bamboo or rattan, used to divide space or filter light.

Most common words using 簾

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  • 暖簾のれん
    N1

    (short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house

  • 御簾みす

    bamboo blind

  • 簾すだれ

    bamboo screen; rattan blind

  • 簾れん

    bamboo screen; rattan blind

  • 丸簾貝まるすだれがい

    embossed venus (Venus toreuma)

  • 切り暖簾きりのれん

    short split entrance curtain

  • 御簾草みすくさ

    common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace

  • 暖簾に腕押しのれんにうでおし

    not worth doing; waste of effort

  • 暖簾分けのれんわけ

    helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

  • 暖簾名のれんな

    store name written on a noren

  • 板簾いたすだれ

    Venetian blind

  • 灰簾石かいれんせき

    zoisite

  • 玉簾たますだれ

    autumn zephyrlily (Zephyranthes candida); white rain lily

  • 珠暖簾たまのれん

    curtain made of strung beads

  • 秋簾あきすだれ

    bamboo screen still in place in autumn

  • 簾コリメーターすだれコリメーター

    modulation collimator

  • 簾戸すど

    bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through

  • 簾貝すだれがい

    Paphia euglypta (species of Venus clam)

  • 紅簾石こうれんせき

    piedmontite; piemontite; manganese epidote

  • 紫馬簾菊むらさきばれんぎく

    eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea); purple coneflower

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Study

Etymology

簾 combines 竹 (bamboo) with 廉, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a screen or partition. The character reflects a bamboo-made hanging blind.

Meaning mnemonic

The bamboo top 竹 over 廉 suggests a hanging screen made of bamboo strips. Picture a bamboo curtain filtering sunlight in a doorway.

Reading mnemonic

For レン, imagine a lens-like bamboo screen that filters light: lens -> レン, and the bamboo blind acts like a soft lens.