殮 [殓] liàn
: to prepare a dead body for coffin
Kun Reading
斂 | おさめる osameru
: dress corpse for burial
On Reading
レン ren
Usage:
入殮 [殓] ru4lian4: to put dead body in coffin
裝殮 [装殓] zhuang1lian4: encoffin
Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
歹 ( dai3: death radical 78 ) suggests the meaning while
僉 (qian1: all) provides the sound.
形声 Pictophonetic.
歹 ( dai3: death radical 78 ) suggests the meaning while
僉 (qian1: all) provides the sound.
簡體 Simplified.
殓. Derived from generic character simplification rule #88 (僉 » 佥) via replacement of character component.
Examples:
none applicable
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
