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鲢

lián

Character Traditional 鰱

What 鲢 means

1. Hypophthalmichthys moritrix

Words starting with 鲢

• 鲢鱼lián yúsilver carp

Words containing 鲢

• 花鲢huā liánsee 鳙鱼

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
• 琏liǎnsacrificial vessel used for grain offerings; also pr. lián
• 裢liánpouch hung from belt
• 梿liánsee 梿枷; to thresh (using a flail)

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
• 涟ripple; tearful
• 镰(bound form) sickle
• 裢pouch hung from belt
• 奁bridal trousseau
• 蠊used in 蜚蠊