廉

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incorruptible; honest; inexpensive; to investigate (old); side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)

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Formation & memory

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Components 广兼

inexpensive · Heisig RSH #2220

cave + 兼 double

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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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…

These characters use 廉 as their sound component — compare how they read.