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楝
楝
Translingual
Han character
楝 (radical 75 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木木田火 (DDWF), four-corner 45996, composition ⿰木柬)
References
- KangXi: page 540, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15148
- Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1245, character 9
- Unihan data for U+695D
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
楝 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 楝
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (柬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 蘭 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 攔 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 欄 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 瀾 | *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns |
| 讕 | *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns |
| 闌 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 韊 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 幱 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 籣 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 躝 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 爛 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 爤 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 鑭 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 糷 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 斕 | *ɡr·reːn |
| 揀 | *kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns |
| 柬 | *kreːnʔ |
| 暕 | *kreːnʔ |
| 諫 | *kraːns |
| 練 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 鍊 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 煉 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 楝 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 萰 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 堜 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 湅 | *ɡ·reːns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡ·reːns) : 木 + 柬.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: lien4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
- IPA (key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lin6
- Yale: lihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: lin6
- IPA (key): /liːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 楝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 郎甸切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lenH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/lenH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/lɛnH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lɛnH/ |
| Li Rong |
/lenH/ |
| Wang Li |
/lienH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/lienH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
liàn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 楝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6144 |
| Phonetic component |
柬 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
練 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡ·reːns/ |
Definitions
楝
- Melia azedarach (formerly known as Melia japonica), a tree in the mahogany family
Japanese
Kanji
楝
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
楝 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune-Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)
- (멀구슬나무): bead tree, chinaberry, Melia azedarach
See also
- 白檀 (백단, baegdan) white sandalwood
- 檀 (단, dan) birch; sandalwood; rosewood
- 栴 (전, jeon) sandalwood