レンコン

Written forms

• レンコンUsage47%
  search-only kana form

  Katakana spelling is common in everyday use, especially in cooking contexts. It is usually written in kana.

• れんこんUsage28%

  Hiragana spelling is also used, though katakana is more typical for this food item.

• 蓮根Usage25%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • れんこん

    Kanji form is rarely used in practice; the word is almost always written in kana.

  • はすね

    Alternate reading はすね is very rare and may be encountered in older or literary contexts.

• はすね

Etymology

Compound of 蓮 (ren, 'lotus') + 根 (kon, 'root'). The reading れんこん is the standard Sino-Japanese reading. The alternate reading はすね uses the native Japanese reading for 蓮 (hasu) and 根 (ne), but is now rare.