聯

See also 联, and 聨

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 耳 (“ear”) + 絲 (“silk”)

Han character

聯 (radical 128 耳+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸十女戈廿 (SJVIT), four-corner 1217₂)

1. connect, join
2. associate, ally

References

• KangXi: page 969, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29153
• Dae Jaweon: page 1419, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2796, character 3
• Unihan data for U+806F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

聯 (simplified 联, Yale lyun4)

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Japanese

Kanji

聯

Readings

• On: れん (ren)
• Kun: つらなる (tsuranaru), つらねる (tsuraneru)

Compounds

• 聯合
• 聯想
• 聯珠
• 聯邦
• 聯盟
• 聯絡
• 聯立

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Korean

Hanja

聯 (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune-Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

聯 (simplified 联, pinyin lián (lian2), Wade-Giles lien²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

聯 (liên, lén, lẻn, liền, liễn)