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连

lián

connect, join, link

Depicts a carriage (车) being pulled by a person walking (辶). Simplified form of 連.

Components
车 meaning component

车  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

Evolution

连 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
连 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
连 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
连 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
连 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

连 (連) 

lián

join, connect; continuous; even; to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[yě], 都[dōu] etc) even; company (military)

连 (連) 

Lián

surname Lian

Most common words with 连
Freq.
Word
Meaning

连

to link

连续

continuous

连接

to link

连环

chain

大连

Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

链

Sound component in 7 characters (0 verified)

莲 链 琏 涟 鲢 裢 梿

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 71.8244% of movies

570th most common character in movies

399th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

連

Unicode

U+8FDE


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