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Kanji Detail for 連 - "connect"

連

  • Meaning

    連 means "connect." Also associated with continuous, accompany.

    1. Connect - To link; to join.

    2. Continuous - Without interruption.

    3. Accompany - To go along with.

  • Words using 連

    • 国連 こくれん Listen United Nations; UN
    • 連続 れんぞく Listen continuation; succession; series
    • 一連 いちれん Listen series; chain; sequence
    • 連覇 れんぱ Listen successive championships
    • 連合会 れんごうかい Listen association; federation
    • 連敗 れんぱい Listen consecutive defeats; series of defeats
    • 連携 れんけい Listen cooperation; coordination; collaboration
    • 連日 れんじつ Listen day after day; every day

  • Four-character idioms with 連

    • 合従連衡 がっしょうれんこう Listen alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient
    • 連鎖反応 れんさはんのう Listen chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
    • 比翼連理 ひよくれんり Listen marital vows
    • 流連荒亡 りゅうれんこうぼう Listen spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures
    • 連帯責任 れんたいせきにん Listen collective responsibility; joint liability
    • 連戦連勝 れんせんれんしょう Listen succession of victories

  • Tattoo check: 連

    • Verified meaning: connect
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つぎ, つら, つらぬ, むらじ)
    • Also carries these associations: continuous, accompany

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 連

    Given names 連(つら)Listen 連(つらぬ)Listen 連(むらじ)Listen 連(れん)Listen

    Surnames 連(つぎ)Listen 連(やす)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    take along; lead; join; connect; party; gang; clique

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    join, connect; continuous; even

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Lian

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to join, to connect; continuous; even

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To join. Two sides connecting is called 連. Such as saying 合縱連橫 (vertical and horizontal alliances). | Continuous without break. Such as 連環 (linked rings), 連珠 (string of pearls). | In modern military organization, three platoons form one company. Same as the old system's one squad.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ren(レン) レン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    du.re(でゅ-れ) でゅ-れ

    tsu.reru(つ-れる) つ-れる

    tsura.naru(つら-なる) つら-なる

    tsura.neru(つら-ねる) つら-ねる

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    connect continuous accompany companion linked repeatedly unit series association attach bond chain combine continuity join merge network relate sequence tie

Sentences including 連

  • He was taken away by a policeman.

  • I cannot get in touch with him.

  • I'll bring my sister when i come next time.

  • I took him out for a walk.

  • Let's keep in touch with each other.

  • Please give me your permanent address.

  • Have you been in contact with him recently?

  • I'm glad i've finally caught you.

  • Keep in touch.

  • When am i to contact you?

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