廉 — Chinese character
廉
lián
upright, honorable, honest
- Pinyin
- lián
- Radical
- 53 ⼴ (Dotted Cliff)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 广 兼
- Japanese
- 廉 as a kanji
Common words with 廉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 廉价 (廉價) | lián jià | cheaply-priced; low-cost |
| 低廉 | dī lián | cheap; inexpensive |
| 廉洁 (廉潔) | lián jié | incorruptible; unbribable; honest |
| 廉政 | lián zhèng | to govern with integrity; clean and honest government |
| 清廉 | qīng lián | honest; uncorrupted |
| 廉耻 (廉恥) | lián chǐ | honor and shame; sense of honor |
| 反腐倡廉 | fǎn fǔ chàng lián | to fight corruption and advocate probity |
| 廉署 | lián shǔ | ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong |
| 物美价廉 (物美價廉) | wù měi jià lián | good quality and cheap; a bargain |
| 廉租房 | lián zū fáng | low-rent housing |
| 孝廉 | xiào lián | xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing; successful second degree candidate |
| 礼义廉耻 (禮義廉恥) | lǐ yì lián chǐ | (idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四维 (sì wéi)) |
English words written with 廉
廉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 1 · Art of War 1 · Mencius 7 · Zhuangzi 12
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 58
- Analects 17.16
- Art of War 8.12
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 3B.10
- Mencius 4B.23
- Mencius 5B.1
- Mencius 7B.15
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