The kanji 連: meaning, readings and stroke order

連

Meaning: link, take along
On reading: レン ren
Kun reading: つら（なる） tsuranaru、つら（ねる） tsuraneru、つ（れる） tsureru
Strokes: 10
Radical: 辵 walk
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nối liền, dẫn theo (liên)
Japanese: つらなる。つれていく。
Korean: 잇다, 데리고 가다 (련·연)
Chinese: 连接、带着 (连)

Readings, words and example sentences

レン ren · on reading

連れん続ぞく
in a row
三日 連れん続ぞくで雨がふりました。
It rained three days in a row.

つら（なる） tsuranaru · kun reading · less common

連つらなる
to stretch in a line
山が遠くまで 連つらなって います。
The mountains stretch far into the distance.

つら（ねる） tsuraneru · kun reading · less common

連つらねる
to put in a row, to list
紙に名前を 連つらねて 書きます。
We write our names one after another on the paper.

つ（れる） tsureru · kun reading

連つれる
to take (someone) along
妹を 連つれて 公園へ行きます。
I take my little sister to the park.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.