JLPT N1 · 13 strokes
Kanji 蓮: "lotus"
The kanji 蓮 means "lotus". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read レン in on'yomi and はす, はちす in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
レン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はすはちす
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | lotus |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1839 of 2,501 |
Common words with 蓮
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 蓮sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus · rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
- 紅蓮bright red · crimson lotus flower
- 一蓮托生sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
- 蓮華lotus flower · Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
- 睡蓮water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea) · pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
- 木蓮lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
- 蓮根lotus root
- 蓮っ葉vulgar; wanton
- 蓮葉lotus leaf · vulgar; wanton
- 蓮池lotus pond
- 日蓮宗Nichiren school of Buddhism
- 南無妙法蓮華経Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
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