A kanji
連
take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
- 10 strokes
- Taught in grade 4 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 30 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
レン
Kun'yomi
つら.なる、つら.ねる、つ.れる、-づ.れ
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 連 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 連 17 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N4 · 2 words
JLPT N3 · 4 words
JLPT N2 · 1 word
JLPT N1 · 10 words
- 連休れんきゅうconsecutive holidays
- 国連こくれんU.N., United Nations
- 連邦れんぽうcommonwealth, federation of states
- 連日れんじつevery day
- 連盟れんめいleague, union, alliance
- 一連いちれんa series, a chain, a ream (of paper)
- 連なるつらなるto extend, to stretch out, to stand in a row
- 連ねるつらねるto link, to join, to put together
- 連帯れんたいsolidarity
- 連中れんちゅうcolleagues, company, a lot
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 連.
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