蓮: lotus

蓮 [莲] lián

adjective | conjunction | preposition | adverb
: lotus, water lily
: paradise

Kun Reading

蓮 | はす hasu

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus

蓮 | はちす hachisu

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus
: rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

蓮[莲]子 lian2zi3: lotus seed

蓮[莲]蓉 lian2rong2: lotus seed paste

蓮[莲]花 lian2hua1: lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily
[蓮花 | れんふぁ renfua OR hasu no hana: (kana only) lotus flower
: (abbreviation) (kana only) Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
: (abbreviation) china spoon
: lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone]

蓮[莲]台 lian2tai2: lotus seat
[蓮台 | れんだい rentai: lotus-shaped pedestal for images of the Buddha]

榴蓮[莲] liu2lian2: durian fruit; Durio zibethinus

白蓮[莲] bai2lian2: white lotus (flower); White Lotus society
[白蓮 | びゃくれん hyakuren: white lotus;
: purity; pure heart]

睡蓮[莲] shui4lian2: water lily
[睡蓮 | すいれん suiren: (Usually written using kana alone) water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea)
: pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)]

紅蓮[红莲] hong2lian2: red lotus
[紅蓮 | ぐれん guren: crimson; crimson lotus flower]

Japanese common word | expression
蓮根掘る | はすねほる hasu nehoru
: to dig up lotus roots

南無妙法蓮華経 | なむみょうほうれんげきょう namu myouhou rengekyou
: (Buddhist term / chant) Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra

Chinese expression | idiom
啞巴吃黃蓮 [哑巴吃黄莲] ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2
: no choice but to suffer in silence; also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出 you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1)