漣漣

See also: 涟涟

Chinese
ripple; tearful ripple; tearful
trad. (漣漣) 漣 漣
simp. (涟涟) 涟 涟

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 漣
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力延切
Baxter ljen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /liᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /liɛn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ljæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lian/
Li
Rong		 /liɛn/
Wang
Li		 /lĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /li̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 lin4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 漣
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lián
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ljen ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]a[n]/
English ripple; drip

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 漣
Reading # 1/1
No. 7993
Phonetic
component		 連
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 連
Old
Chinese		 /*ren/

Adjective

漣漣

  1. (literary, of tears) flowing continuously

Japanese
Kanji in this term
漣 漣
れん
Jinmeiyō		 れん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
漣々 (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 漣漣 (liᴇn liᴇn).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) れんれん [rèńréń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾẽ̞nɾẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

漣(れん)漣(れん) • (renren) †-tari (adnominal 漣(れん)漣(れん)とした (renren to shita) or 漣(れん)漣(れん)たる (renren taru), adverbial 漣(れん)漣(れん)と (renren to) or 漣(れん)漣(れん)として (renren to shite))

  1. (of tears) continuously flowing

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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