Jisho

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13 strokes (also 12)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
lotus
Kun:
はすはちす
On:
レン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1839 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蓮華 【レンゲ】 lotus flower, Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus), china spoon, lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
  • 蓮角 【レンカク】 jacana (esp. the pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus), lily-trotter
  • 睡蓮 【スイレン】 water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea), pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
  • 黄連 【オウレン】 goldthread (Coptis japonica)

Kun reading compounds

  • 蓮 【はす】 sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Indian lotus, lotus, rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
  • 蓮池 【はすいけ】 lotus pond
  • 蓮 【はす】 sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Indian lotus, lotus, rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
  • 蓮の蔤 【はちすのはい】 lotus root
  • 木蓮 【きはちす】 rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian2
Korean:
ryeon

Spanish

  • loto

Portuguese

French

4731 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2197 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2227 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2940 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1511 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31722 Morohashi
5105 New Nelson (John Haig)
2360 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2446 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k10.31 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
4430.4 Four corner code
1-47-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
84ee Unicode hex code

14 strokes (also 15)
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
Variants:
mochi rice cake
Kun:
もちもちい
On:
ヘイヒョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 餅餤 【ベイダン】 Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares
  • 餅盤 【ヘイバン】 laccolith
  • 画餅 【ガベイ】 something useless, picture of rice cakes
  • 供餅 【クモチ】 mochi rice cakes used as offering

Kun reading compounds

  • 餅 【もち】 mochi, (sticky) rice cake
  • 餅網 【もちあみ】 grill or grate for toasting rice cakes
  • 椿餅 【つばいもちい】 rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves
  • 五平餅 【ごへいもち】 skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
  • 餅 【もち】 mochi, (sticky) rice cake
  • 餅いなり 【もちいなり】 sticky rice wrapped in deep-fried tofu
  • 椿餅 【つばいもちい】 rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves
  • 愛敬の餅 【あいきょうのもちい】 Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing3
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • pastel de pasta de arroz

Portuguese

French

5166 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2346 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1219 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2256 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1596 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
44133X Morohashi
6689 New Nelson (John Haig)
2802 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1590 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2855 2001 Kanji
8b6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8874.1 Four corner code
1-44-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9905 Unicode hex code