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Ren
レン

Two timing units: re-n. Japanese r is a light tap, and the final n takes its own unit. Ren and Len are not automatically interchangeable.

For Ren, 蓮 connects an attested name reading with a plant character. The distinction between a name and a vocabulary entry matters here: ren is an on-reading and an attested given-name reading, while hasu is the everyday plant word shown in this dictionary. Neither makes the other reading wrong. A reader may need the context of a name to know which you intend.

Attested Japanese name spelling

蓮 · ren / れん

Recorded as a name in the cited survey. This is not an official translation of every foreign name with the same Roman spelling.

Literal character meaning

蓮 — Lotus

Interpretation & limits
Lotus is the character meaning. Resilience or a personal connection to a pond can be a chosen association, not a literal translation of Ren or a statement about every person with this name.
Reading & unintended associations
Do not label the dictionary plant reading hasu as a mistake. It belongs to a different use of the same character.

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蓮 has several closely spaced strokes. Keep enough room for the grass component and the lower movement component. The image is a typeset reference; a small screen view cannot settle the legibility of a final stencil.

Evidence and editorial review

Source check: 2026-10-17. Codex editorial source check. Sources document usage and meanings; tattoo advice is our editorial interpretation. Surveys are samples, not a complete register of names. No gender restriction is implied.

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