Kanji1 / 13
蓮 kanji
lotus
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
レン
Kun readings
はすはちす
Words with 蓮
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —蓮華lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
- —蓮根lotus root
- —白蓮white lotus; purity; pure heart
- —睡蓮water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
- —蓮台lotus-shaped pedestal for images of the Buddha; river palanquin; river litter (vehicle)
- —木蓮lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
- —紅蓮bright red; crimson lotus flower
- —蓮角jacana (esp. the pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus); lily-trotter
- —蓮座lotus seat (under Buddhist statues); lotus base
- —蓮霧wax apple (Syzygium samarangense); Java apple
- —蓮華草Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
- —蓮華坐lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs; lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal
- —白木蓮white magnolia (Magnolia denudata); lilytree; Yulan magnolia
- —蓮月尼name of a famous Buddhist nun
- —金蓮花garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus); Indian cress
- —紫木蓮lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
- —日蓮宗Nichiren school of Buddhism
- —白蓮教White Lotus Society
- —岩蓮華Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge)
- —蓮華台lotus seat (under Buddhist statues); lotus base