Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

30 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique

Kunyomi: つら.なる つら.ねる つ.れる -づ.れ

Onyomi: レン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しんにょう

Meaning: walk

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

休(れんきゅう)   consecutive holidays

(こくれん)   United Nations

する(かんれんする)   relate

続する(れんぞくする)   be consecutive

絡する(れんらくする)   contact, connect

なる(つらなる)   stand in a row [v.i.]

ねる(つらねる)   join together in a row [v.t.]

れて行く(つれていく)   take someone along

子供れ(こどもづれ)   accompanied by children

Onyomi Examples

レン 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

レンカン connection, relation, linkage

ロウレン labour union, labor union

ジョウレン regular customer, regular patron, frequenter, constant companion

Kunyomi Examples

なる つらなる to extend, to stretch out, to stand in a row, to attend, to participate in, to enrol, to enroll, to join, to have a connection, to be related, to be linked

ねる つらねる to line up, to put in a row, to add (to a group), to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.), to join (e.g. a list), to link, to put together, to string together (e.g. compliments), to enumerate, to take along with, to bring with

れる つれる to take (someone) with one, to bring along, to go with, to be accompanied by