Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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)

References

• 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

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

連

1. (historical) man-drawn carriage
2. 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.

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 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

    • 1903, 粤音指南, Volumes 1-2, 聚珍書樓:

      倘若佢兩個打起啲土談嚟，我就連一句都唔曉 [Cantonese, trad.]

      倘若佢两个打起啲土谈嚟，我就连一句都唔晓 [Cantonese, simp.]

      tong² joek⁶ keoi⁵ loeng⁵ go³ daa² hei² di¹ tou² taam⁴ lei⁴, ngo⁵ zau⁶lin⁴ jat¹ geoi³dou¹ m⁴ hiu² [Jyutping]

      if the two added in their dialects, I couldn't understand even a single word

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​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: れん (ren)
• Kan’on: れん (ren)
• Kun: つらなる (連なる tsuranaru), つらねる (連ねる tsuraneru), つれる (連れる tsureru), むらじ (連 muraji; surnames only)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

連 (liên, len, liến, liền)

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