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connect 连
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Used in these characters:
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连
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to link, join, connect, continuously, including
lián
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辶
连
车
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Left: movement 辶, right: vehicle 车 (=車 cart with axle丨 load-area 日 and two wheels 二)
Vehicles and 'movement' are linked.
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链
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| chain
liàn
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金
连
车
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Left: metal 钅/金, right: link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked)
These [parts of] metal are linked as a chain.
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莲
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lotus
lián
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艹
连
车
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Top: growing plant 艹, below: link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked.)
The plant (which floats on the water), but is connected (to the ground) is the: lotus.
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琏
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JLPT no HSK |
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| vessel used to hold grain offerings
liǎn
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王
连
玉
车
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Left: king, jade 王, right: link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked.)
To the king we are linked through vessels of offerings.
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涟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ripple, tearful, flowing water, weeping
lián
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氵
连
车
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Left: water 氵, right: to link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked.)
Water can combine to rippling waves or weeping.
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