連

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Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

連 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜十田十 (YJWJ), four-corner 3530₀, composition ⿺辶車)

Derived characters

• 僆, 嗹, 㜕, 慩, 摙, 漣, 槤, 璉, 𦟪, 䃛, 褳, 縺, 翴, 𧐖, 謰, 蹥, 轋, 鏈, 鰱, 𠁎, 㦁, 蓮, 𨕭, 𨖲, 㰈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1259, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38902
• Dae Jaweon: page 1747, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3836, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9023

• Unihan data for U+F99A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 辶 (“to walk”) + 車 (“chariot”) – man-drawn carriage.

According to Duan Yucai, 聯／联 (lián) and 連 are two characters for a same word, with the former used in the Zhou dynasty and the latter in the Han dynasty.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjan (“equal; to place in a row; to align; row”); related to 聯 (OC *ɡ·ron) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Definitions

連

1. (historical) man-drawn carriage
2. to link; to join; to connect

   我們忘了把電腦連上網線了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们忘了把电脑连上网线了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen wàng le bǎ diànnǎo lián shàng wǎngxiàn le.

   We forgot to connect the computer to the network cable.

   新運河將兩條河連在一起。 [MSC, trad.]
   新运河将两条河连在一起。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīn yùnhé jiāng liǎng tiáo hé lián zàiyīqǐ.

   The new canal links the two rivers.

3. to ally with; to unite
4. to involve; to implicate
5. to simultaneously gain
6. to include; including; counting

   連我在內共有十人出席。 [MSC, trad.]
   连我在内共有十人出席。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lián wǒ zài nèi gòngyǒu shí rén chūxí.

   There were ten present including myself.

7. continuously; successively; one after one; repeatedly

   連勝三局／连胜三局  ―  lián shèng sān jú  ―  to win three games in succession

   這種新鞭炮叫爆珠，可以連響。 [MSC, trad.]
   这种新鞭炮叫爆珠，可以连响。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè zhǒng xīn biānpào jiào Bàozhū, kěyǐ lián xiǎng.

   This new firecracker called Bao Zhu could sound continuously.

8. from; counting from
9. and; with
10. together; with each other
11. hard; difficult; tough
12. full; entire; whole
13. (used in the 連…都/也… structures for emphasis) even; paradoxically

    他連畜生都不如，連自己的父母都不養活。 [MSC, trad.]
    他连畜生都不如，连自己的父母都不养活。 [MSC, simp.]

    Tā lián xùshēng dōu bùrú, lián zìjǐ de fùmǔ dōu bù yǎnghuó.

    He is no better than an animal, because he doesn't even support his own parents.

    甚至連孩子都看得懂這本書。 [MSC, trad.]
    甚至连孩子都看得懂这本书。 [MSC, simp.]

    Shènzhì lián háizǐ dōu kàn dé dǒng zhè běn shū.

    Even a child can understand the book

14. affinity; relationship by marriage
15. (military) company (consisting of platoons (排) and forming part of a battalion (營))

    他以為新兵連都是“刀光劍影”“舞槍弄棒”的生活，沒想到卻是三點一線的固定生活模式和枯燥乏味的訓練內容。 [MSC, trad.]
    他以为新兵连都是“刀光剑影”“舞枪弄棒”的生活，没想到却是三点一线的固定生活模式和枯燥乏味的训练内容。 [MSC, simp.]

    Tā yǐwèi xīnbīng lián dōu shì “dāo guāng jiàn yǐng” “wǔ qiāng nòng bàng” de shēnghuó, méi xiǎngdào què shì sāndiǎnyīxiàn de gùdìng shēnghuó móshì hé kūzào fáwèi de xùnliàn nèiróng.

    He thought that life in a company made up of new recruits would be filled with exciting maneuvers, but he did not expect it to be a monotonous routine with boring training content.

16. (grammar) Short for 連詞／连词 (liáncí, “conjunction”).
17. a surname

    連戰／连战  ―  Lián Zhàn  ―  Lien Chan (chairman of the Kuomintang from 2000 to 2005)

Synonyms

• (to link):

• (to include):

• (continuously):

• (even):

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

連

1. ^† difficult

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

連

1. ^‡ to reach
2. ^† to remove

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Definitions

連

1. Only used in 連石／连石.

Japanese

Shinjitai	連
Kyūjitai	連 連 or 連+︀?
	連󠄀 連+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	連󠄃 連+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 連)

1. take along; lead; join; connect
2. (used as a suffix) party; company; group; set

Readings

• Go-on: れん (ren, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: れん (ren, Jōyō)
• Kun: つらなる (tsuranaru, 連なる, Jōyō); つらねる (tsuraneru, 連ねる, Jōyō); つれる (tsureru, 連れる, Jōyō); つがり (tsugari, 連); つるみ (tsurumi, 連み); つるむ (tsurumu, 連む); つれ (tsure, 連れ); づれ (zure, 連れ); むらじ (muraji, 連)
• Nanori: つぎ (tsugi); つら (tsura); まさ (masa); むらじ (muraji); やす (yasu)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Middle Chinese 連 (liᴇn)

Noun

連(れん) • (ren) 

1. (of paper) a ream
2. (poetry) a stanza; a verse

Suffix

連(れん) • (-ren) 

1. a group of people
2. amount of times consecutively

Etymology 2

Old Japanese , from 村 (mura, “village”) +‎ 主 (nushi, “chief”)

Proper noun

連(むらじ) • (Muraji) 

1. (historical) the second-lowest of the 八色の姓 (Yakusa no Kabane, “eight hereditary titles promulgated by Emperor Tenmu”)

See also

• 姓(かばね) (kabane)
• 村主(すぐり) (suguri)

References

Korean

Hanja

連 (eumhun 잇닿을 련 (itda'eul ryeon), South Korea 잇닿을 연 (itda'eul yeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 련/연 (“take along; lead; join; connect”).

Compounds

• 연속 (連續, yeonsok, “continuation; succession”)

Vietnamese

Han character

連: Hán Nôm readings: liên, liền

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