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lián

lotus, water lily; paradise

🔤 Pictophonetic: 艹 (flower) provides meaning, 连 provides pronunciation
HSK 10 strokes Common (18%)

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cǎo
grass, weed, plant, herb
📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting
3 strokes
lián
to join, to connect; continuous; even
💡 Ideographic: A cart 车 moving 辶 goods between cities
7 strokes HSK 4

Words Using 莲 (46)

lián
lotus
Wǔliánxiàn
五莲县
Wulian county in Rizhao [[日照<Rìzhào>]], Shandong
hànjīnlián
旱金莲
garden nasturtium / Tropaeolum majus
yǎbachīhuánglián
哑巴吃黄莲
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written [[啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连]] / (often precedes [[有苦說不出|有苦说不出<yǒukǔshuōbuchū>]])
Xiàshìlián
夏士莲
Hazeline, Unilever range of skin care products
MiàofǎLiánhuáJīng
妙法莲华经
The Lotus Sutra
Yǐfǎlián
以法莲
Ephraim (city)
YìchūLiánhuā
易初莲花
Lotus (department store chain)
MànhéliánNǚzǐXuéyuàn
曼荷莲女子学院
Mount Holyoke College (Northamptom, Massachusetts)
Wǔlián
五莲
Wulian county in Rizhao [[日照<Rìzhào>]], Shandong
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