斂	1138A00   81S.82-9	部居	畫數  17	ㄌㄧㄢˋ [lian4]  (*ㄌㄧㄢˇ [lian3] ).
V	(1)  ([lian3]) To gather, accumulate wealth, etc.), see 斂財 [lian4cai2]↓; to levy tax: 斂稅，聚斂 (of official) levy tax and get rich; 收斂 to gather; to harvest. (2)  (*[lian4]) To keep back, hold back: 斂容 put on a sober face; 斂足，斂步 to hold one's steps and not go forward, to go on tiptoe; 斂跡 to stop visiting places, to hide goings-on, stop illegal maneuvers; 斂 anciently a lady's greeting by holding lower corners of jacket. (3)  (*[lian3]) Var. of 殮 laying in coffin. (4)  (*[lian3]) Congeal, not disperse. (5)  (AC) 斂三百里 less than 300 [li1].
Words	1. 斂財 [lian4cai2], phr., collect wealth.