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戀

戀

See also: 恋

Translingual

Han character

戀 (radical 61 心+19, 23 strokes, cangjie input 女火心 (VFP), four-corner 22339, composition ⿱䜌心)

References

  • KangXi: page 409, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11504
  • Dae Jaweon: page 751, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2372, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6200

Chinese

trad. 戀
simp. 恋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (䜌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蠻 *mroːn
矕 *mroːnʔ
變 *prons
鸞 *b·roːn
巒 *b·roːn
灤 *b·roːn
欒 *b·roːn
鑾 *b·roːn
臠 *b·roːn, *b·ronʔ
羉 *b·roːn
䜌 *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons
灓 *b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons
圝 *b·roːn
曫 *b·roːn
孿 *smroːns, *smrons
彎 *qroːn
灣 *qroːn
攣 *b·ron
孌 *b·ronʔ, *b·rons
戀 *b·rons
㪻 *pʰlons, *klons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *b·rons) : 䜌 + 心 ‎(“heart”).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 戀
Mandarin Beijing /lian⁵¹/
Harbin /lian⁵³/
Tianjin /lian⁵³/
Jinan /liã⁴²/
Qingdao /liã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /lyan⁴²/
Xi'an /luã²⁴/
Xining /lyã²⁴/
Yinchuan /lian¹³/
/luan⁵³/
Lanzhou /luɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /lian²¹³/
Wuhan /niɛn³⁵/
Chengdu /nian¹³/
Guiyang /nian²¹³/
Kunming /liɛ̃²¹²/
Nanjing /lien⁴⁴/
Hefei /liĩ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /luæ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /luɑŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /lye³¹/
Wu Shanghai /li²³/
Suzhou /liɪ³¹/
Hangzhou /liẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /li²²/
Hui Shexian /le²²/
Tunxi /liɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /liẽ⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /niẽ⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /liɛn²¹/
Hakka Meixian /lien⁵³/
Taoyuan /lien⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /lyn³⁵/
Nanning /lin²²/
Hong Kong /lyn³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /luan³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /luɔŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /nuiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /luaŋ²¹³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /lin³⁵/
Rime
Character 戀
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力卷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /liuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lʷiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ljuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lwianH/
Li
Rong		 /liuɛnH/
Wang
Li		 /lĭwɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /li̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 luàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 戀
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 liàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ljwenH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]on-s/
English to long for

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 戀
Reading # 1/1
No. 8632
Phonetic
component
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 戀
Old
Chinese		 /*b·rons/

Definitions

戀

  1. love
    戀愛／恋爱 (liàn'ài, “love”)
  2. to love
  3. long for, yearn for
  4. to be attached
    留戀 / 留恋  ―  liúliàn  ―  to be reluctant to leave

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji

戀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 恋)

  1. love, passion

Readings

Usage notes

Replaced in modern Japanese with the shinjitai form 恋.

Korean

Hanja

戀 • ‎(ryeon, yeon) (hangeul 련, 연, McCune-Reischauer ryŏn, yŏn, Yale lyen, yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

戀 (luyến, luýnh)

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