廉
incorruptible; honest; inexpensive; to investigate (old); side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,868 U+5EC9
How 廉 is formed
How to remember it
inexpensive · Heisig RSH #2220
cave + 兼 double
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 廉 as their sound component
These characters all use 廉 (lián) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 廉 sound component | lián | upright, honorable, honest |
| 镰 | lián | sickle |
| 濂 | lián | a waterfall; a river in Hunan |
| 蠊 | lián | cockroach |
| 臁 | lián | leg, calf |
Words containing 廉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 威廉·福克纳 | Wēi lián · Fú kè nà | William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet |
| 清正廉明 | qīng zhèng lián míng | upright and honest |
| 价廉物美 | jià lián wù měi | inexpensive and of good quality (idiom) |
| 物美价廉 | wù měi jià lián | good quality and cheap; a bargain |
| 廉江市 | Lián jiāng Shì | Lianjiang, a county-level city in Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 威廉·莎士比亚 | Wēi lián · Shā shì bǐ yà | William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright |
| 威廉斯堡 | Wēi lián sī bǎo | Williamsburg, Virginia |
| 高薪养廉 | gāo xīn yǎng lián | policy of high pay to discourage corruption |
| 廉江 | Lián jiāng | see 廉江市[Lian2 jiang1 Shi4] |
| 廉正 | lián zhèng | upright and honest; integrity |
| 清廉 | qīng lián | honest; uncorrupted |
| 廉政公署 | Lián zhèng Gōng shǔ | Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong (ICAC) |
| 廉政 | lián zhèng | to govern with integrity; clean and honest government |
| 廉直 | lián zhí | upright and honest; incorruptible; squeaky clean |
| 俭以养廉 | jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián | (idiom) frugality makes honesty |
| 礼义廉耻 | lǐ yì lián chǐ | (idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維… |
| 廉价 | lián jià | cheaply-priced; low-cost |
| 威廉 | Wēi lián | William or Wilhelm (name) |
| 养廉 | yǎng lián | to encourage honesty; to discourage corruption |
| 廉航 | lián háng | low-cost carrier; low-cost airline; budget airline (abbr. for 廉價航空|廉价航空[lian2 jia4 hang2 k… |