lián

connect, join, link

Depicts a carriage () being pulled by a person walking ().

Components
車 meaning component

  Meaning component

chē

  

vehicle

辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

is a component form of .

Evolution

連 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
連 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
連 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
連 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

lián

join, connect; continuous; even; to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with [yě], [dōu] etc) even; company (military)

() 

Lián

surname Lian

Most common words with 連
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to link

连续

continuous

连接

to link

连环

chain

大连

Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)