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take along
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingレン
Kun readingつら.なる、つら.ねる、つ.れる、-づ.れ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. take alongRtK
  2. lead
  3. join
  4. connect
  5. party
  6. gang
  7. clique
  1. to extend
  2. to stretch out
  3. to stand in a row
  4. to attend
  5. to participate in

Synonyms

族

Popular Usage

連絡連れる関連一連

Radicals and components

Radical辵walk
Components
How it's built
連
  • →
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

car (車) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 305

Compound words

連絡れんらく
contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch; communication; correspondence
連れるつれる
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
関連かんれん
relation; connection; relevance
ご連絡ごれんらく
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
関連するかんれんする
to relate
連絡するれんらくする
to contact
連携するれんけいする
to cooperate
一連いちれん
series; chain; sequence; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse
ソ連ソれん
Soviet Union; USSR
国連こくれん
United Nations; UN
常連じょうれん
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; frequenter; constant companion
連れつれ
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
連休れんきゅう
consecutive holidays
連係れんけい
connection; linking; linkage; link; liaison
連携れんけい
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; alignment; integration
連結れんけつ
connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching
連行れんこう
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
連合れんごう
union; combination; alliance; confederation; coalition
連鎖れんさ
chain; series; connection; linkage
連座れんざ
implication (in a crime); involvement; sitting in a row (in the same seat)
連載れんさい
serialization; serialisation; serial story
連勝れんしょう
consecutive victories; series of victories; winning streak
連戦れんせん
series of battles; successive battles
連想れんそう
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

Kun Reading Examples

私の連れは疲れすぎていて走るのはおろか、歩くこともできない、と言った。つれ
My companion said that she was too tired to walk, let alone run.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は忙しい人だから、電話でなければ連絡をとれないですよ。
He is a busy man, so you can only get in touch with him by telephone.tatoeba
彼は部下と馬を引き連れ雪山を越え暑い谷へといった。
He led his men and horses over snowy mountains and down into hot valleys.tatoeba
来週の月火と連休です。
Next Monday and Tuesday are holidays.tatoeba
彼は批判家連中が、彼の過ちならなんでも叩こうと待ち受けていることを承認していた。
He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.tatoeba
阪急新大阪連絡線
Hankyu Shin-Osaka Inter-urban Linewiki
隣接市町村への連絡
Access to neighboring municipalitieswiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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