连
to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even; company (military)
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #281 U+8FDE
How 连 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A cart 车 moving 辶 goods between cities
How to remember it
one after another · Heisig RSH #301
vehicle + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 连 as their sound component
These characters all use 连 (lián) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 连 sound component | lián | to join, to connect; continuous; even |
| 莲 | lián | lotus, water lily; paradise |
| 涟 | lián | flowing water; ripples; weeping |
| 裢 | lián | a folding purse kept in one's belt |
| 梿 | lián | flail; to thresh |
| 鲢 | lián | silver carp, hypophthalmiathys |
| 琏 | liǎn | a vessel used to hold grain offerings |
Words containing 连
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大连外国语大学 | Dà lián Wài guó yǔ Dà xué | Dalian University of Foreign Languages |
| 大连理工大学 | Dà lián Lǐ gōng Dà xué | Dalian University of Technology |
| 大连市 | Dà lián Shì | Dalian, sub-provincial city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] |
| 连山区 | Lián shān Qū | Lianshan, a district of Huludao City 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市[Hu2 lu2 dao3 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 连山县 | Lián shān Xiàn | see 連山壯族瑤族自治縣|连山壮族瑶族自治县[Lian2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 连平县 | Lián píng Xiàn | Lianping, a county in Heyuan City 河源市[He2 yuan2 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 连南县 | Lián nán Xiàn | see 連南瑤族自治縣|连南瑶族自治县[Lian2 nan2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 连城县 | Lián chéng Xiàn | Liancheng, a county in Longyan City 龍巖市|龙岩市[Long2 yan2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 马克西米连 | Mǎ kè xī mǐ lián | Maximilian or Maximilien (name) |
| 连分数 | lián fēn shù | (math.) continued fraction |
| 连江县 | Lián jiāng Xiàn | Lianjiang, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian; Lienchiang County, the off… |
| 连州市 | Lián zhōu Shì | Lianzhou, a county-level city in Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市[Qing1 yuan3 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 大连 | Dà lián | see 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4] |
| 连县 | Lián xiàn | Lian county in Guangdong |
| 一连 | yī lián | in a row; in succession; running |
| 连山 | Lián shān | see 連山壯族瑤族自治縣|连山壮族瑶族自治县[Lian2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]; see 連山區|连山区[Lian… |
| 连天 | lián tiān | reaching the sky; for days on end; incessantly |
| 连通器 | lián tōng qì | communicating vessels (in scientific experiment) |
| 连动 | lián dòng | to link; to peg (currency); gang (gears); continuously; serial verb construction |
| 连手 | lián shǒu | concerted action; to collude (in dishonesty) |