View source for 漣漪

{{also|涟漪}}
==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|s=涟漪|alt=漣猗}}

===Etymology===
[[rebracketing|Rebracketing]] of {{och-l|[[漣]][[猗]]|id=1,1|ripple + ''exclamatory particle''}} in a verse of the ''{{w|Classic of Poetry}}'', poem 112 {{lang|zh|(《[[s:zh:詩經/伐檀|詩經·魏風·伐檀]]》)}}, reinterpreted as if it is a ''[[連綿詞|lianmianci]]'' (unanalysable disyllabic morpheme) ({{zh-ref|Hu, 2013}}):

: {{zh-x|坎-坎 伐 檀 兮，寘 之 河 之 干 兮，河水 清 且 '''@漣 猗'''。|''Kan-kan'' go his blows on the sandal trees,<br>And he places what he hews on the river's bank,<br>Whose waters flow clear and '''rippling'''.|ref=Shijing|collapsed=y}}

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=liányī
|c=lin4 ji2,lin4 ji1
|mc=1,y
|oc=y
|cat=n
}}

===Noun===
{{head|zh|noun}}

# {{lb|zh|literary|or|poetic}} [[ripple]]

====Derived terms====
{{col3|zh|漣漪效應}}

{{C|zh|Water}}
{{cln|zh|rebracketings|terms derived from the Classic of Poetry}}

==Japanese==
{{ja-kanjitab|れん|い|yomi=o}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|sort=れんい|ja|ltc|漣漪|tr=liᴇn ʔˠiᴇ}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{ja-pron|れんい|acc=1|acc_ref=DJR}}

===Noun===
{{ja-noun|れんい}}

# [[ripple]]

====Synonyms====
* {{ja-r|漣|さざなみ}}

===References===
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{{top|ja|Water|sort=れんい}}