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涟

lián

Character Traditional 漣

What 涟 means

1. ripple
2. tearful

Example sentences

• 微风在湖面上掀起了一丝丝涟漪。
  Wēifēng zài hú miàn shàng xiānqǐ le yī sī sī liányī.
  A gentle wind made ripples on the surface of the pond.

Words starting with 涟

• 涟漪lián yīripple
• 涟水县Lián shuǐ XiànLianshui, a county in Huai'an City 淮安市
• 涟源市Lián yuán ShìLianyuan, a county-level city in Loudi City 娄底市
• 涟漪微漾lián yī wēi yàngripples; riffles
• 涟水Lián shuǐsee 涟水县
• 涟源Lián yuánsee 涟源市

Words containing 涟

• 泪水涟涟lèi shuǐ lián liánin floods of tears (idiom)

Characters built on 连

These share the phonetic component 连 (lián), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 链liànchain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)…
• 莲liánlotus
• 琏liǎnsacrificial vessel used for grain offerings; also pr. lián
• 鲢liánHypophthalmichthys moritrix
• 裢liánpouch hung from belt
• 梿liánsee 梿枷; to thresh (using a flail)

Characters that look like 涟

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture
• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 迹jì(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
• 逗dòuto tease (playfully); to entice; (colloquial) to joke; (colloquial) funny; amusing

Sounds the same

Read lián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 连to link; to join; to connect
• 联(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join…
• 怜to pity
• 帘flag used as a shop sign; variant of 帘
• 廉incorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 莲lotus
• 濂name of a river in Hunan
• 镰(bound form) sickle
• 鲢Hypophthalmichthys moritrix
• 裢pouch hung from belt
• 奁bridal trousseau
• 蠊used in 蜚蠊