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連 つら.なる、つら.ねる、つ.れる、-づ.れ take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique 3 30 10 162 しんにょう・しんにゅう 会意 Compound Ideographic When you put your car on the road you should always take along a few friends. Don´t confuse with carry (#303). 287

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レン ずれ, つれ, むらじ, れ 関連(かんれん): relation; connection; relevance国連(こくれん): UN; United Nations連合(れんごう): (1) union; alliance; combination (2) RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)連続(れんぞく): serial; consecutive; continuity; occurring in succession; continuing連邦(れんぽう): commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union連絡(れんらく): (1) to contact; to get in touch (2) contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message (3) connection; coordination; junction (4) intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial連日(れんじつ): every day; prolonged連休(れんきゅう): consecutive holidays連帯(れんたい): (1) solidarity; collective (2) joint連中(れんちゅう): (1) colleagues; company; a lot; those guys (2) troupe; company (of musicians)連れる(つれる): to lead; to take (a person)連れ(つれ): companion; company連盟(れんめい): league; federation; union; alliance一連(いちれん): (1) series; chain; sequence (2) two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper) (3) verse; stanza連ねる(つらねる): (1) to line up; to put in a row (2) to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to join (e.g. a list) (3) to link; to put together; to string together (e.g. compliments); to enumerate (4) to take along with; to bring with連想(れんそう): association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion連なる(つらなる): to extend; to stretch out; to stand in a row 4 車: car辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 辵 7 (none) take along This kanji also means "linked" or "series" so I´ve changed the kanji meaning to "GO ALONG (WITH EACH OTHER)." Well, a ROAD and a CAR certainly GO ALONG with each other. And the CAR will help you to GO ALONG the ROAD. This Kanji is the "Union" in Soviet Union and the "United" of United Nations (the countries that "go along with each other" at least some of the time).

Kanji	連
Onyomi	レン
Kunyomi	つら.なる、つら.ねる、つ.れる、-づ.れ
Nanori	ずれ, つれ, むらじ, れ
English	take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
Examples	関連(かんれん): relation; connection; relevance 国連(こくれん): UN; United Nations 連合(れんごう): (1) union; alliance; combination (2) RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation) 連続(れんぞく): serial; consecutive; continuity; occurring in succession; continuing 連邦(れんぽう): commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union 連絡(れんらく): (1) to contact; to get in touch (2) contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message (3) connection; coordination; junction (4) intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial 連日(れんじつ): every day; prolonged 連休(れんきゅう): consecutive holidays 連帯(れんたい): (1) solidarity; collective (2) joint 連中(れんちゅう): (1) colleagues; company; a lot; those guys (2) troupe; company (of musicians) 連れる(つれる): to lead; to take (a person) 連れ(つれ): companion; company 連盟(れんめい): league; federation; union; alliance 一連(いちれん): (1) series; chain; sequence (2) two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper) (3) verse; stanza 連ねる(つらねる): (1) to line up; to put in a row (2) to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to join (e.g. a list) (3) to link; to put together; to string together (e.g. compliments); to enumerate (4) to take along with; to bring with 連想(れんそう): association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion 連なる(つらなる): to extend; to stretch out; to stand in a row
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	30
Components	車: car 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	辵
Radical Number	162
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	しんにょう・しんにゅう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	take along
Koohii Story 1	When you put your car on the road you should always take along a few friends. Don´t confuse with carry (#303).
Koohii Story 2	This kanji also means "linked" or "series" so I´ve changed the kanji meaning to "GO ALONG (WITH EACH OTHER)." Well, a ROAD and a CAR certainly GO ALONG with each other. And the CAR will help you to GO ALONG the ROAD. This Kanji is the "Union" in Soviet Union and the "United" of United Nations (the countries that "go along with each other" at least some of the time).
RTK Index	287

Car Union Put Road Kanji Connection United Nations