廉
liánLián HSK7

upright

廉 lián frequency
incorruptible adjective
possessing integrity and being honest, especially regarding money and power

他在官场几十年，始终坚持律己以廉。

tā zài guān​chǎng jǐ​shí nián, shǐ​zhōng jiān​chí lǜ​jǐ yǐ lián.

In his decades in officialdom, he has always maintained self-discipline and integrity.

inexpensive punctuation
low in price; cheap or affordable

这家商店的衣服物美价廉。

zhè jiā shāng​diàn de yī​fu wù​měi jià lián.

The clothes in this shop are high quality and inexpensive.

investigate adjective
to examine, inspect, or look into a matter (archaic)

官府正在暗中廉察他贪污受贿的证据。

guān​fǔ zhèng​zài àn​zhōng lián chá tā tān​wū shòu​huì de zhèng​jù.

The authorities are secretly investigating evidence of his corruption and bribery.

side wall proper name
the side wall of a traditional Chinese house (archaic)

他小心地绕过堂廉，走进了正厅。

tā xiǎo​xīn de rào​guò táng lián, zǒu​jìn le zhèng​tīng.

He carefully bypassed the corner of the hall and walked into the main room.

廉 Lián
Lian proper name
surname Lian

廉先生是我们的新邻居。

Lián xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de xīn lín​jū.

Mr. Lian is our new neighbor.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,818th most common 45.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,736th most common 30.3 per million appears in 9% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.570 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
25.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+5EC9

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)