連

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

• 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

• KangXi: 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

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 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.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjan (“equal; to place in a row; to align; row”); related to 聯 (OC *ɡ·ron) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

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 links 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))

    他以為新兵連都是“刀光劍影”“舞槍弄棒”的生活，沒想到卻是三點一線的固定生活模式和枯燥乏味的訓練內容。 [MSC, trad.]
    他以为新兵连都是“刀光剑影”“舞枪弄棒”的生活，没想到却是三点一线的固定生活模式和枯燥乏味的训练内容。 [MSC, simp.]

    Tā yǐwèi xīnbīng lián dōu shì “dāo guāng jiàn yǐng” “wǔ qiāng nòng bàng” de shēnghuó, méi xiǎngdào què shì sāndiǎnyīxiàn de gùdìng shēnghuó móshì hé kūzào fáwèi de xùnliàn nèiróng. [Pinyin]

    He thought that life in a company made up of new recruits would be filled with exciting maneuvers, but he did not expect it to be a monotonous routine with boring training content.

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)

• (to link):

• (to include):

• (continuously):

• (even):

連

1. ^† difficult

連

1. ^‡ to reach
2. ^† to remove

連

1. Only used in 連石／连石.

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 連)

1. take along; lead; join; connect
2. (used as a suffix) party; company; group; set

• 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); つがり (tsugari, 連); つるみ (tsurumi, 連み); つるむ (tsurumu, 連む); つれ (tsure, 連れ); づれ (zure, 連れ); むらじ (muraji, 連)
• Nanori: つぎ (tsugi); つら (tsura); まさ (masa); むらじ (muraji); やす (yasu)

Middle Chinese 連 (liᴇn)

連(れん) • (ren) 

1. (of paper) a ream
2. (poetry) a stanza; a verse

連(れん) • (-ren) 

1. a group of people

Old Japanese [Term?], from 村 (mura, “village”) +‎ 主 (nushi, “chief”)

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]

• 姓(かばね) (kabane)
• 村主(すぐり) (suguri)

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

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

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

連: Hán Nôm readings: liên, liền

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