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Kanji Detail for 廉 - "integrity, cheap"

廉

  • Meaning

    廉 means "integrity, cheap." Also associated with corner.

    1. Integrity - Moral uprightness; honesty.

    2. Cheap - Low in price; inexpensive.

    3. Corner - An edge or angle.

  • Four-character idioms with 廉

    • 清廉潔白 せいれんけっぱく Listen spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness

  • Tattoo check: 廉

    • Verified meaning: integrity, cheap
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いよむ, えい, きよ, きよし)
    • Also carries these associations: corner

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 廉

    Given names 廉(きよ)Listen 廉(きよし)Listen 廉(やすし)Listen 廉(れん)Listen

    Surnames 廉(いよむ)Listen 廉(えい)Listen 廉(ただし)Listen 廉(よむ)Listen 廉(よん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    upright, honorable, honest

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 廉[lian2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    upright, honorable, honest

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The side corner. The space between platform steps is called 堂廉. Such as 堂高廉遠, meaning the loftiness of the imperial court. | An edge. The raised sides of objects are called 廉. Also, in mathematics, terms below the second quotient in extracting roots on both sides of the root are also called 廉. | Having discernment and not taking improperly is 廉. Such as 清廉, 廉介. | To investigate. The old official system had 廉訪使, meaning those investigating officials' governance. Hence provincial judges were called 廉訪. | Official salary has 俸 and 廉. 俸 means regular salary; 廉 means the anti-corruption allowance.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ren(レン) レン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    广 (madare)

  • Related Keywords

    integrity cheap corner honesty inexpensive reasonable affordable frugal upright moral thrifty economical modest

Sentences including 廉

  • Haven't you got a cheaper edition?

  • An unscrupulous person would sell even his own mother down the river.

  • She's been sent to jail for murder.

  • He has a reputation as being straight as an arrow. He'd never get involved in corruption.

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