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廉

廉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. きよい。潔白。
  2. 値段がやすい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「厂 （「石」の原字）」+音符「兼」。「砥石」を意味する漢語｛磏｝を表す字。のち仮借して「やすい」を意味する漢語｛廉｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point, account, purity, honest, low price, cheap, rested, contented, peaceful

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レンJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • きよ
Other languages
  • 拼音lian2
  • 한글ryeom
  • Hán-ViệtLiêm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
廴(えんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5EC9

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸广兼

Words using this kanji

  • 廉売れんばい不当に廉い価格で売ること。 不当に廉い価格で売る。bargain sale
  • 廉価れんか値段の安い様子。low price, moderate price
  • 廉潔れんけつ私欲が無く、行いが正しくやましいところが無いこと。honest, incorruptible, integrity
  • 廉かど（形式名詞）原因や理由となることがら。grounds, charge, suspicion
  • 廉れんきよい。潔白。 値段がやすい。cheap, inexpensive, pure, honest
  • 廉直れんちょく心が清く、正直なこと。また、そのようなさま。 安価なこと。安易なこと。また、そのようなさま。integrity, uprightness
  • 廉恥れんちいさぎよく、恥を知っていること。sense of honour (honor)
  • 廉々かどかどeach point, each part
  • 廉価版れんかばんcheap edition, low-priced edition, popular edition
  • 廉価品れんかひんlow-priced goods
  • 廉恥心れんちしんsense of honor, sense of honour

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-10
Four Corner
0023.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3q10.1
Heisig
1727
Nelson
1530