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Readings

Kana: レン、はす、はちす
Romaji: ren, hasu, hachisu
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

lotus

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  162
Frequency:  1839
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-10
Korean Reading:  ryeon
Chinese Reading:  lian2
Unicode:  84ee
JIS:  4F21

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4731
New Nelson Index: 5105
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k10.31
Four Corner Index: 4430.4
Japanese Names Index: 2197
Daikanwanjiten Index: 31722
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0857
Remembering the kanji Index: 2360
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1511
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2047
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2446
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2940

Words

(はす、はちす、ハス)
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
日蓮宗 (にちれんしゅう)
Nichiren school of Buddhism
白蓮 (びゃくれん)
white lotus; purity; pure heart
睡蓮 (すいれん、スイレン)
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
蓮っ葉 (はすっぱ)
vulgar; wanton
紅蓮 (ぐれん)
crimson; crimson lotus flower
蓮華 (れんげ、レンゲ)
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
蓮池 (はすいけ、れんち)
lotus pond
蓮根 (れんこん、はすね、レンコン)
lotus root
一蓮托生 (いちれんたくしょう)
sharing one's lot with another
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