Radical
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
7
Mandarin
liàn
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
7 strokes
Strokes
11 strokes
Mandarin
liàn

Definitions by reading

liem2
Mandarin equivalent liàn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng liam2 Chaoyang niam2 Chenghai liang2 Jieyang niam2 Raoping niam2 Shantou niam2
殓 <动>
(形声。字本作“敛”。从歹,佥声。从“歹”,表示与死亡有关。本义:装殓。给尸体穿衣下棺) 同本义 [lay in coffin]
殓,殡殓。――《广韵》
殓不凭其棺,窆不临其穴。――唐·韩愈《祭十二郎文》
死者厚棺殓。――清·邵长蘅《青门剩稿》
今予殓汝葬汝。――清·袁枚《祭妹文》
又如:大殓(丧礼中入棺、钉棺盖);殡殓(入殓和出殡);成殓(入殓。把死者放进棺材)                                                                                                                                                                    
殓(殮)liàn把死人装入     棺材。
把死人装入棺材里:入殓
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English meaning

dress corpse for burial

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

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來母 三等 開口 鹽韵 去声 力驗切
Reconstruction:
Original

殯殮。力驗切。七。