Read Edit View history 莲 lián HSK7 lotus Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 连 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蓮. Pinyin Separate values with commas lián ×liǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 蓮 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 莲 Simp strokes 莲 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 莲 Simp strokes 莲 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 莲 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 193, 689 ], [ 748, 738 ], [ 835, 722 ] ], [ [ 333, 794 ], [ 383, 759 ], [ 406, 611 ] ], [ [ 592, 842 ], [ 631, 793 ], [ 567, 631 ] ], [ [ 412, 519 ], [ 728, 559 ] ], [ [ 533, 634 ], [ 560, 577 ], [ 455, 348 ], [ 761, 377 ] ], [ [ 371, 240 ], [ 751, 272 ], [ 846, 247 ] ], [ [ 569, 467 ], [ 607, 430 ], [ 600, 87 ] ], [ [ 229, 615 ], [ 315, 528 ] ], [ [ 107, 412 ], [ 263, 446 ], [ 305, 420 ], [ 258, 318 ], [ 298, 160 ] ], [ [ 96, 118 ], [ 144, 104 ], [ 315, 137 ], [ 720, 7 ], [ 886, 37 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M622,705Q827,705 837,712Q837,713 838,714Q844,724 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