Kanji

蓮

蓮

lotus

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

艸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

レン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はす, はちす

Nanori (Name Reading)

はす

Example sentences

一蓮托生 いちれんたくしょう
彼 と は 一蓮托生 の 間柄 だ

I'm in a relationship with him where we share the same fate.

蓮 はす
泥 の 中 に 美しい 蓮 の 花 が 咲いている 。

A beautiful lotus flower is blooming in the mud.

蓮華 れんげ
チャーハン を 食べる のに 蓮華 を 使う 。

I use a ceramic spoon to eat fried rice.

睡蓮 すいれん
池 の 面 に 、 白い 睡蓮 の 花 が 美しく 咲いている 。

White water lilies are blooming beautifully on the surface of the pond.

モネ モネ
モネ の 「 睡蓮 」 は 、 光 の 捉え方 が 非常に 美しい 。

Monet's 'Water Lilies' has a very beautiful way of capturing light.

Example Vocabulary

紅蓮

ぐれん

一蓮托生

いちれんたくしょう

sharing the same fate; in the same boat

蓮

はす

lotus

蓮華

れんげ

lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch; ceramic spoon (renge)

睡蓮

すいれん

water lily

木蓮

もくれん

蓮っ葉

はすっぱ

蓮根

れんこん

南無妙法蓮華経

なむみょうほうれんげきょう

白蓮

びゃくれん

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