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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
- —陸蓮根okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
- —爪蓮華rock pine (Orostachys japonica)
- —一蓮托生sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
- —青蓮院流Shorenin school of calligraphy; Sonen school; Oie school
- —散り蓮華ceramic spoon; fallen lotus petal
- —日蓮正宗Nichiren Shoshu (sect of Buddhism)
- —蓮華升麻false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)
- —九品蓮台nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
- —紅妙蓮寺Camellia japonica 'Benimyorenji' (cultivar of common camellia)
- —三葉黄蓮threeleaf goldthread (Coptis trifolia); savoyane
- —妙法蓮華経Lotus Sutra
- —南無妙法蓮華経Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
- —蓮花lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
- —水蓮water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
- —黄蓮goldthread (Coptis japonica)
- —法蓮草spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
- —鳳蓮草spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
- —蓮華座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
- —散蓮華ceramic spoon; fallen lotus petal
- —一蓮託生sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat