蓮
lotus
Readings
On'yomi
- レン
Kun'yomi
- はす
- はちす
Meaning
蓮 centers on the lotus plant, a water flower known for its beauty and symbolic purity.
Most common words using 蓮
20 of 50- 蓮はすN1
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus
- 紅蓮ぐれん
bright red
- 蓮池はすいけ
lotus pond
- 蓮華れんげ
lotus flower
- 蓮根れんこん
lotus root
- 睡蓮すいれん
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea)
- 日蓮宗にちれんしゅう
Nichiren school of Buddhism
- 白蓮びゃくれん
white lotus
- 一蓮托生いちれんたくしょう
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
- 南無妙法蓮華経なむみょうほうれんげきょう
Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
- 木蓮きはちす
rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
- 木蓮もくれん
lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
- 三葉黄蓮みつばおうれん
threeleaf goldthread (Coptis trifolia); savoyane
- 九品蓮台くほんれんだい
nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
- 九蓮宝燈チューレンポートー
nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit
- 凌霄葉蓮のうぜんはれん
nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
- 大鬼蓮おおおにばす
royal water lily; water platter
- 妙法蓮華経みょうほうれんげきょう
Lotus Sutra
- 岩蓮華いわれんげ
Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge)
- 散り蓮華ちりれんげ
ceramic spoon
Study
Etymology
蓮 combines the grass radical 艹 with 連, which likely contributes the sound レン. The character specifically refers to the lotus plant.
Meaning mnemonic
The grass radical 艹 sits above 連, like lotus leaves floating on water connected by stems. Picture a chain of lotus plants linked together.
Reading mnemonic
For レン, imagine a chain of lotus flowers linked together: the word 'chain' sounds like レン, and the linked lotus plants reinforce the reading.