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)
On Reading
レン ren
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
[ドリアン dorian]
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]
[蓮台 | れんだい rentai: lotus-shaped pedestal for images of the Buddha]
[白蓮 | びゃくれん hyakuren: white lotus;
: purity; pure heart]
[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 | 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)
形声 Pictophonetic.
艹 (cao3: grass radical 140) suggests the meaning while
連 (lian2: to connect continuously) provides the sound.
簡體 Simplified.
莲
Examples:
我喜歡吃蓮蓉包。
wo3 xi3huan1 chi1 lian2rong2 bao2
I like lotus paste buns.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary