Kanji N3

連: take along, lead, join

連 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning take along, lead, join, written with 10 strokes. It is read レン (on) and つらなる, つらねる, つれる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 関連 (かんれん, relation) and 連続 (れんぞく, continuation).

連

Meanings

  • take along
  • lead
  • join
  • connect
  • party
  • gang
  • clique
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#30 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • レン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • つらなる
  • つらねる
  • つれる
  • -づれ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 連

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 関連かんれん

    relation; connection; relevance

    JLPT N3
  • 連続れんぞく

    continuation; succession; series; sequence

    JLPT N3
  • 連絡れんらく

    contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch

    JLPT N4
  • 連れるつれる

    to take (someone) with one; to bring along

    JLPT N4
  • 連れつれ

    companion; company

    JLPT N3
  • 連想れんそう

    association (of ideas)

    JLPT N3
  • 国連こくれん

    United Nations; UN

    JLPT N1
  • 連合れんごう

    union; combination; alliance; confederation

    JLPT N2

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.