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廉 — Bargain

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary school#2066 most used
bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point, account
On’yomiレン (ren)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (13 strokes)

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Common words using 廉

WordReadingMeaning
廉売れんばい
renbai
bargain sale
廉価れんか
renka
low price; moderate price
清廉せいれん
seiren
honest; upright; cleanhanded
低廉ていれん
teiren
cheap; inexpensive
廉潔れんけつ
renketsu
honest; incorruptible; integrity

Study notes

廉 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2066 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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