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琏

liǎn

Character Traditional 璉

What 琏 means

1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings
2. also pr. lián

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
• 涟liánripple; tearful
• 鲢liánHypophthalmichthys moritrix
• 裢liánpouch hung from belt
• 梿liánsee 梿枷; to thresh (using a flail)

Sounds the same

Read liǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脸face
• 敛(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
• 蔹trailing plant; liana; creeper
• 鄻place name
• 摙to transport; to remove to take
• 裣see 裣衽
• 蘝variant of 蔹, trailing plant; liana; creeper
• 歛variant of 敛
• 莶variant of 蔹; Taiwan pr. liàn