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联

lián

connect

Simplified form of 聯. Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound.

Components
耳 meaning component

耳  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

Alludes to earrings connected to the ear.

关 simplified component

关  Simplified component

guān

  

to close

Shorthand for the phonetic 𢇇 component in the traditional character 聯.

Evolution

联 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
联 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
联 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
联 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
联 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

联 (聯) 

lián

connect, join; associate, ally; to ally; to unite; to join; (poetry) antithetical couplet

Most common words with 联
Freq.
Word
Meaning

联系

connection

联邦

federal

联合

to combine

联

to ally

联盟

alliance

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 64.2800% of movies

485th most common character in movies

356th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

聯

Unicode

U+8054


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