蓮華

Chinese

		lotus	flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
trad. (蓮華)		蓮	華
simp. (莲华)		莲	华

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liánhuá

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liánhuá
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liánhuá
  - Wade–Giles: lien²-hua²
  - Yale: lyán-hwá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianhwa
  - Palladius: ляньхуа (ljanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/

Noun

蓮華

(literary) lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
- 猶如糞穢聚，棄著於大道，蓮華生其中，香潔而悅意。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  犹如粪秽聚，弃著于大道，莲华生其中，香洁而悦意。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 法句經 (Fǎjùjīng) (the Dhammapada)
  Yóurú fèn huì jù, qì zhù yú dà dào, liánhuá shēng qí zhōng, xiāng jié ér yuèyì. [Pinyin]
  Like a pile of refuse discarded on the main road from which a lotus grows — fragrant, clean, and pleasing to behold.

Synonyms

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水芝 (shuǐzhī) (literary)
水芙蓉 (shuǐfúróng)
芙蓉 (fúróng)
芙蕖 (fúqú) (literary)
荷花 (héhuā)
菡萏 (hàndàn) (literary)
蓮 / 莲
蓮花 / 莲花 (liánhuā)
藕花 (ǒuhuā)

Dialectal synonyms of 荷花 (“lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		荷, 蓮, 蓮華, 芙蕖, 芙蓉, 菡萏
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		荷花, 蓮花
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	荷花兒, 蓮花兒
	Chengde	荷花兒
	Chifeng	荷花
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	荷花兒
	Heihe	荷花, 蓮花
	Qiqihar	荷花, 蓮花
	Harbin	荷花兒, 荷花, 蓮花兒, 蓮花
	Jiamusi	荷花, 蓮花
	Baicheng	荷花
	Changchun	荷花兒
	Tonghua	荷花
	Shenyang	荷花, 蓮花
	Jinzhou	荷花, 蓮花
	Singapore	荷花, 蓮花
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	荷花
	Tangshan	荷花
	Cangzhou	荷花兒
	Baoding	荷花, 蓮花兒
	Shijiazhuang	荷花
	Lijin	荷花
	Jinan	荷花, 蓮花
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	荷花兒
	Dandong	荷花兒, 蓮花兒
	Yantai	荷花
	Yantai (Muping)	荷花
	Qingdao	荷花
	Zhucheng	荷花
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	荷花兒, 蓮花兒
	Lingbao	蓮花
	Jining	荷花, 蓮花
	Wanrong	蓮花
	Linfen	蓮花
	Shangqiu	蓮花
	Yuanyang	荷花兒, 蓮花兒
	Zhengzhou	蓮花兒
	Xinyang	蓮花
	Baihe	荷花, 蓮花
	Xi'an	蓮花, 荷花
	Baoji	荷花, 蓮花
	Tianshui	蓮花
	Xining	荷花, 蓮花
	Xuzhou	荷花, 蓮花
	Fuyang	荷花
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	荷花, 蓮花
	Lanzhou	荷花, 蓮花
	Dunhuang	荷花, 蓮花
	Hami	荷花
	Ürümqi	荷花
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	荷花, 蓮花, 水芙蓉
	Nanchong	荷花
	Dazhou	荷花
	Hanyuan	荷花
	Xichang	荷花, 蓮花
	Zigong	荷花
	Chongqing	荷花, 蓮花
	Wuhan	荷花, 蓮花
	Yichang	荷花, 蓮花
	Xiangyang	荷花, 蓮花
	Tianmen	荷花, 蓮花
	Guiyang	荷花
	Zunyi	荷花
	Bijie	荷花, 蓮花
	Liping	蓮米花
	Zhaotong	荷花, 蓮花, 藕花
	Dali	荷花
	Kunming	荷花, 蓮花
	Mengzi	荷花
	Guilin	蓮花
	Liuzhou	荷花, 蓮花
	Jishou	荷花
	Changde	荷花
	Hanzhong	荷花, 蓮花, 藕蓮花
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	荷花, 蓮花
	Yangzhou	荷花
	Lianyungang	荷花
	Lianshui	藕花
	Nantong	荷花
	Anqing	荷花
	Wuhu	荷花
	Hefei	荷花
	Hong'an	荷花, 蓮花
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蓮花, 荷花
	Hong Kong	荷花, 蓮花
	Yangjiang	蓮花
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蓮花, 荷花
Gan	Nanchang	荷花, 蓮花
	Lichuan	荷花, 蓮花
	Pingxiang	荷花
Hakka	Meixian	蓮花, 荷花
	Yudu	荷花
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	荷花, 蓮花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	荷花, 蓮花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	荷花, 蓮花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	荷花, 蓮花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	荷花, 蓮花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	荷花, 蓮花
Huizhou	Jixi	荷花
Huizhou	Shexian	荷花
Jin	Taiyuan	蓮花, 荷花
	Yangyuan	蓮花
	Datong	蓮花兒
	Xinzhou	蓮花兒
	Lüliang (Lishi)	荷花
	Changzhi	荷花
	Linhe	荷花
	Jining	蓮花兒
	Hohhot	荷花, 蓮花
	Erenhot	荷花兒
	Pingshan	蓮花兒
	Zhangjiakou	荷花, 蓮花
	Handan	荷花, 蓮花, 藕花
	Linzhou	蓮花兒
	Suide	荷花兒, 荷花
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蓮花, 荷花
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蓮花, 荷花
Southern Min	Xiamen	蓮花
	Quanzhou	蓮花
	Zhangzhou	蓮花
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蓮花
	Manila (Hokkien)	蓮花
	Chaozhou	蓮花
	Jieyang	蓮花
	Haikou	蓮花
Puxian Min	Putian	蓮花, 和尚花
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	蓮花
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	蓮花
	Xianyou	蓮花
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蓮花
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蓮花
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	荷花
Wu	Shanghai	荷花
	Shanghai (Chongming)	荷花
	Suzhou	荷花, 蓮花
	Danyang	荷花
	Hangzhou	荷花
	Shaoxing	荷花
	Ningbo	荷花
	Wenzhou	蓮花, 荷花, 蓮子荷花
	Jinhua	荷花
Xiang	Changsha	荷花, 蓮花
	Loudi	荷花, 蓮花
	Shuangfeng	蓮花, 荷花
	Hengyang	荷花

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蓮	華
れん Jinmeiyō	げ Grade: S
goon

Alternative spelling
蓮花

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蓮華 (MC len hwae).

First cited in Japanese to a text from 940.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れんげ [rèńgé] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞ŋɡe̞]

Noun

蓮(れん)華(げ) or 蓮華(レンゲ) • (renge)

[from 940] a lotus flower
Synonym: 蓮の花 (hasu no hana)
[from 970] a lotus plant
Synonym: 蓮華草 (rengesō)
[date uncertain] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring the lotus in the design
[from 1110] short for 蓮華座 (rengeza, “lotus throne”), the lotus-shaped dais on which Buddhist statuary is placed
蓮華, レンゲ: [from 1911] short for 散り蓮華 (chiri renge, “a traditional Asian-style porcelain flat-bottomed soup spoon”)
レンゲですくう
renge de sukuu
to scoop with a Chinese spoon
synonym of 紫雲英 (genge, “Astragalus sinicus (Chinese milkvetch)”)

References

^ “蓮華”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲蓮華”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[KDJ2-1] “蓮華”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-4] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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