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Kotomora

連

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

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 100Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • レン

Kun'yomi

  • つら.なる
  • つら.ねる
  • つ.れる
  • -づ.れ

Nanori

  • ずれ
  • つれ
  • むらじ
  • れ

Meaning

連 centers on linking things together in a sequence or group: joining, connecting, or leading along. The senses of party, gang, or clique are natural extensions of a connected group of people.

Most common words using 連

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  • 連絡れんらく
    N4

    contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch; communication; correspondence; call; message

  • 関連かんれん
    N3

    relation; connection; relevance

  • 連続れんぞく
    N3

    continuation; succession; series; sequence

  • 連れつれ
    N3

    companion; company

  • 連れづれ
    N2

    in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...

  • 連中れんちゅう
    N1

    company; lot; people; bunch; gang; pack; guys; group; folks

  • 連載れんさい
    N1

    serialization; serialisation; serial story

  • 連合れんごう
    N2

    union; combination; alliance; confederation; coalition

  • 連邦れんぽう
    N1

    federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth; union

  • 連携れんけい
    N1

    cooperation; coordination; collaboration; alignment

  • 国連こくれん
    N1

    United Nations; UN

  • ソ連ソれん

    Soviet Union; USSR

  • 連休れんきゅう
    N3

    consecutive holidays

  • 連動れんどう

    operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking

  • 一連いちれん
    N1

    series; chain; sequence

  • 連発れんぱつ

    occurring in succession; doing in succession; series (of incidents); spate

  • 連結れんけつ

    connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction; concatenation; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)

  • 連盟れんめい
    N1

    league; federation; union

  • 連勝れんしょう

    consecutive victories; series of victories; winning streak

  • 常連じょうれん

    regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; frequenter

  • 連想れんそう
    N3

    association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

  • 連鎖れんさ

    chain; series; connection

  • 連日れんじつ
    N1

    day after day; every day

  • 連打れんだ

    repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage

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Etymology

連 combines 辶 (movement) with 車 (vehicle), suggesting a line of vehicles moving together, which extends to joining or connecting in sequence.

Meaning mnemonic

The movement radical 辶 wraps around a vehicle 車. Picture a convoy of cars moving in a line, each one connected to the next, like a gang or party traveling together.

Reading mnemonic

For レン, imagine a long line of rental cars connected in a convoy: rental -> レン, and they all move together like a linked group.