Moto 連: Take Along; Lead; JoinKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- レン
- Kun'yomi
- つら(なる)、つら(ねる)、つ(れる)、-づ(れ)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 668 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (レン)
- 国連こくれんUnited Nations; UN
- 連合れんごうunion; alliance
- 連立れんりつcoalition; alliance
- 連続れんぞくcontinuation; succession
- 関連かんれんrelation; connection
- 連盟れんめいleague; federation
- 連絡れんらくcontacting; (making) contact
- 一連いちれんseries; chain
- 連勝れんしょうconsecutive victories; series of victories
- 連合会れんごうかいassociation; federation
- 連携れんけいcooperation; coordination
- 連日れんじつday after day; every day
- 連休れんきゅうconsecutive holidays
- 連帯れんたいsolidarity
- 連載れんさいserialization; serialisation
- 労連ろうれんlabour union; labor union
- 連打れんだrepeated blows; striking repeatedly
- 連用れんようcontinuous use
- 連行れんこうtaking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
- 常連じょうれんregular customer; regular patron
- 連中れんちゅうcompany; lot
- 連戦れんせんseries of battles; successive battles
- 連動れんどうoperating together; working together
- 連座れんざimplication (in a crime); involvement
- 連投れんとうpitching in consecutive games
- 連結れんけつconcatenation; coupling
- 連鎖れんさchain; chaining
- 連隊れんたいregiment
- 連名れんめいjoint signature
- 連係プレーれんけいプレーgood teamwork play
- 国際連合こくさいれんごうUnited Nations
- 連作れんさくplanting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation
- 連関れんかんconnection; relation
- ご連絡ごれんらくcontacting; getting in touch
- ソ連ソれんSoviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- 合従連衡がっしょうれんこうalliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty)
- 愚連隊ぐれんたいgang of young toughs; hooligans
- 連係れんけいconnection; linking
- 連句れんくlinked verse; couplet
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 連れるつれるto take (someone) with one; to bring along
- 連れつれcompanion; company
- 連れ去るつれさるto take (someone) away; to carry off
- 二人連れふたりづれparty of two
- 引き連れるひきつれるto take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
- 連なるつらなるto extend; to stretch out
- 連ねるつらねるto line up; to put in a row
- 連れていくつれていくto take someone (to some place); to take someone along
- 連れてくるつれてくるto bring someone along
- 連れて来るつれてくるto bring someone along
- 連れて行くつれていくto take someone (to some place); to take someone along
- 連れ出すつれだすto take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.)
- 連れ添うつれそうto become a couple; to be man and wife
- 連れ立つつれだつto accompany; to go with
- 連れ込み宿つれこみやどhotel catering for lovers; hotel that rents rooms by the hour
- 連れ込むつれこむto bring (somebody into a place)
Other readings
- 連邦れんぽうcommonwealth; federation of states
- 連覇れんぱsuccessive championships
- 連敗れんぱいconsecutive defeats; series of defeats
- 連峰れんぽうmountain range
- 連発れんぱつrunning continuously; firing in rapid succession
Showing the 60 most common of 668 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 連
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