連

See also: 连 and 運

連 U+9023, 連 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9023 ← 逢 [U+9022] CJK Unified Ideographs 逤 → [U+9024]

連 U+F99A, 連 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F99A ← 蓮 [U+F999] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 鍊 → [U+F99B]

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

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Chinese

trad.		連
simp.		连*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (連) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
連	*ren
漣	*ren
鰱	*ren
翴	*ren
鏈	*ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen
璉	*renʔ
僆	*renʔ, *reːns
摙	*renʔ, *rens
蓮	*renʔ, *reːn
嗹	*reːn
縺	*reːn

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).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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. [Pinyin]

   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. [Pinyin]

   The new canal will link 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. [Pinyin]

   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. [Pinyin]

   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. [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

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

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• 交合 (jiāohé)
• 交接 (jiāojiē)
• 嬋媛／婵媛 (chányuán) (literary)
• 拼 (pīn)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接連／接连 (jiēlián)
• 相接 (xiāngjiē)
• 相連／相连 (xiānglián)
• 續／续 (xù)
• 連接／连接 (liánjiē)
• 銜／衔 (xián)
• 銜接／衔接 (xiánjiē)

 

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• 儲藏／储藏 (chǔcáng)
• 包 (literary, or in compounds)
• 包含 (bāohán)
• 包孕 (bāoyùn)
• 包容 (bāoróng)
• 包括 (bāokuò)
• 包羅／包罗 (bāoluó)
• 包舉／包举 (bāojǔ) (literary)
• 包蘊／包蕴 (bāoyùn)
• 含
• 含有 (hányǒu)
• 含蓄 (hánxù)
• 囊括 (nángkuò)
• 容納／容纳 (róngnà)
• 涵括 (hánkuò)
• 涵蓋／涵盖 (hángài)
• 蘊含／蕴含 (yùnhán)
• 蘊涵／蕴涵 (yùnhán)
• 蘊藏／蕴藏 (yùncáng)
• 貯藏／贮藏 (zhùcáng)

 

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• 一連／一连 (yīlián)
• 不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
• 先後／先后 (xiānhòu)
• 前後／前后 (qiánhòu)
• 勿斷／勿断 (⁸veq-doe) (Wu)
• 接連／接连 (jiēlián)
• 接連不斷／接连不断 (jiēliánbùduàn)
• 沓沓 (Hokkien)
• 直透 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 相繼／相继 (xiāngjì)
• 紛紛／纷纷 (fēnfēn)
• 絡繹／络绎 (luòyì) (literary)
• 連紲／连绁 (Hokkien)
• 連續／连续 (liánxù)
• 連連／连连 (liánlián)
• 陸續／陆续 (lùxù)
• 陸陸續續／陆陆续续 (lùlùxùxù)

 

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• 乃至 (nǎizhì) (literary)
• 乃至於／乃至于 (nǎizhìyú) (literary)
• 以至 (yǐzhì)
• 以至於／以至于 (yǐzhìyú)
• 甚且 (shènqiě) (literary)
• 甚而 (shèn'ér) (literary)
• 甚而至於／甚而至于 (⁶zen-gher₆-tsy₅-yu₆) (Wu)
• 甚至 (shènzhì)
• 甚至於／甚至于 (shènzhìyú)
• 連得／连得 (⁶li-teq₇) (Wu)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎn (lian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lien³
    • Yale: lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lean
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 連

1. ^† difficult

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàn (lian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
    • Wade–Giles: lien⁴
    • Yale: lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 連

1. ^‡ to reach
2. ^† to remove

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làn (lan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làn
    • Wade–Giles: lan⁴
    • Yale: làn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lann
    • Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 連

1. Only used in 連石／连石.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	連
Kyūjitai	連

Kanji

連

(Fourth grade 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)
• Nanori: むらじ (muraji)

Compounds

• 連関(れんかん) (renkan): linkage
• 連休(れんきゅう) (renkyū): consecutive holidays
• 連結(れんけつ) (renketsu): linking
• 連呼(れんこ) (renko): calling again and again
• 連行(れんこう) (renkō): taking
• 連衡(れんこう) (renkō): alliance

• 連合(れんごう) (rengō): union
• 連鎖(れんさ) (rensa) chain
• 連座(れんざ) (renza): implication
• 連載(れんさい) (rensai): series
• 連日(れんじつ) (renjitsu): everyday
• 連声(れんじょう) (renjō): sandhi
• 連想(れんそう) (rensō): association of ideas

• 連続(れんぞく) (renzoku): continuous
• 連濁(れんだく) (rendaku): rendaku, sequential voicing
• 連中(れんちゅう) (renchū): party
• 連動(れんどう) (rendō): linked action
• 連盟(れんめい) (renmei): league
• 連絡(れんらく) (renraku): contact

• 連理(れんり) (renri): trees with intertwined branches; relationship between spouses
• 関連(かんれん) (kanren): relation
• 連係(れんけい) (renkei): linkage
• 連珠(れんじゅ) (renju)
• 連邦(れんぽう) (renpō): commonwealth
• 連立(れんりつ) (renritsu): coalition

• 連弾(れんだん) (rendan): barrage
• 六(む)連(つら)星(ぼし) (mutsuraboshi): Pleiades

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
連
れん Grade: 4
on'yomi

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
連
むらじ Grade: 4
nanori

Old Japanese [Term?], 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”) [from 675 CE]

See also

• 姓(かばね) (kabane)
• 村主(すぐり) (suguri)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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

Compounds

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

連: Hán Nôm readings: liên, liền

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