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Mythic Mandarin

廉 (lián): meaning and stroke order

廉 (lián) means old variant of 廉, surname Lian, incorruptible, honest, inexpensive, to investigate (old).

廉

Simplified
廉
Traditional
㢘, 亷, 廉
Pinyin
lián

Stroke order of 廉

廉

  • lián old variant of 廉[lian2]
  • lián old variant of 廉[lian2]
  • Lián surname Lian
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 㢘

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 廉

  1. lián Traditional 㢘
    • old variant of 廉[lian2]
  2. lián Traditional 亷
    • old variant of 廉[lian2]
  3. Lián
    • surname Lian
  4. lián
    • incorruptible
    • honest
    • inexpensive
    • to investigate (old)
    • side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)

Radical and structure

廉
Radical 广 (Kangxi radical 53) · 13 strokes · built from 广 and 兼

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).