Memory phrase for the Kanji: 連

連

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Meaning accompany, line up, join, group, clique

Pronunciation

REN
tsureru, tsuraneru

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二)

Mnemonic
 
In a moving vehicle I accompany the group of my clique.

Radicals

辶 movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴
車 vehicleA hand-cart viewed from top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二.
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 Vocabulary

連れる つれる  to lead, to take (a person)
連ねる つらねる  to link, to join, to put together
連なる つらなる  to extend, to stretch out, to stand in a row
連れ つれ  companion, company
連休 れんきゅう  consecutive holidays
連鎖反応 れんさはんのう  chain reaction
国連 こくれん  U.N., United Nations
関連 かんれん  relation, connection, relevance
連邦 れんぽう  commonwealth, federation of states

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