Japanese Word Entry

連

Simplified Japanese form: 連

Kana:	れん
Romaji:	ren
Definitions:	two reams (of paper), 1000 sheets (of paper) stanza, verse tribe (in taxonomy) forecast (bet), bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet) party, company, group, set things strung in a line, e.g. pearls, dried fish, spans of a bridge, etc. falcon

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Chinese characters used in this word

連	take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique, continuous, even

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄌㄧㄢˊ (lián), ㄌㄧㄢˇ (liǎn), ㄌㄧㄢˋ (liàn), ㄌㄢˋ (làn)
Cantonese:	lin4
Japanese:	レン (ren) / つら.なる (tsuranaru)、つら.ねる (tsuraneru)、つ.れる (tsureru)、 -づ.れ (-dure)、しきりに (shikirini)
Korean:	련 (ryeon), 연 (yeon)
Vietnamese:	liên

Variants

Simplified Chinese form:	连
Simplified Japanese form:	連