懂中文 Dong Chinese

聯

lián

connect

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound.

Components
耳 meaning component

耳  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

Alludes to earrings connected to the ear.

𢇇 sound component

𢇇  Sound component

guān

  

to run threads though a web in weaving

Evolution

聯 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
聯 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
聯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

联 (聯) 

lián

connect, join; associate, ally; to ally; to unite; to join; (poetry) antithetical couplet

Most common words with 聯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

联系

connection

联邦

federal

联合

to combine

联

to ally

联盟

alliance