連

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See also: 连 and 運

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology[edit]

stringing vehicles

Han character[edit]

連 (radical 162 辵+7, in Chinese 11 strokes, in Japanese 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜十田十 (YJWJ), four-corner 35300, composition ⿺辶車)

  1. join, connect
  2. continuous
  3. even

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 1259, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38902
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1747, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3836, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9023

Chinese[edit]

trad. 連
simp. 连

Pronunciation[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (連, reconstructed)
Character (連), Pronunciation 1/1

Initial: 來 (37)
Final: 仙 (77)
Tone: Level (Ø)

Openness: Open
Division: III
Fanqie: 力延切

 Expected Mandarin reflex: lián
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Pan
Wuyun		 Shao
Rongfen		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Li
Rong		 Wang
Li		 Bernard
Karlgren
/liᴇn/ /liɛn/ /ljæn/ /lian/ /liɛn/ /lĭɛn/ /li̯ɛn/
Old Chinese pronunciation (連, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
連 lián ‹ ljen › /*C.ra[n]/ [surname]
連 lián ‹ ljen › /*[r]a[n]/ connect in a row

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

  • Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
  • Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
  • Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
  • Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
  • Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
連 7992 連 元 2 連 /*ren/

Definitions[edit]

連

  1. (used in the "連／连...(也 (yě) or 都 (dū))" and "連／连...(也 (yě) or 都 (dū))不如 (bùrú)" structures) (emphasis) even
    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 dōubùrú, lián zìjǐ de fùmǔ dōu bù yǎnghuó. [Pinyin]
    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. [Pinyin]
    Even a child can understand the book
  2. including
    連我在內共有十人出席。 / 连我在内共有十人出席。  ―  Lián wǒ zài nèi gòngyǒu shí rén chūxí.  ―  There were ten present including myself.

Noun[edit]

連

  1. (military) company

Usage notes[edit]

Verb[edit]

連

  1. to link, to join, to connect
    我們忘了把電腦連上電話線了。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们忘了把电脑连上电话线了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen wàng le bǎ diànnǎo lián shàng diànhuàxiàn le. [Pinyin]
    We forgot to connect the computer to the phone line.
    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. [Pinyin]
    The new canal will link the two rivers.

Adverb[edit]

連

  1. continuously, 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. [Pinyin]
    This new firecracker called Bao Zhu could sound continuously.
    他連勝三局。 / 他连胜三局。  ―  Tā lián shèng sān jú.  ―  He won three games in succession.

Proper noun[edit]

連

  1. A surname​.

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
連

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

連 (liên, len, liến, liền)

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