Chinese Character 联 Meanings and components.

Form

联

Meaning

联 meaning[3] in English

To Ally.

To Unite.

To Join.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 联 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ear (耳) , and surname Guan (关)

Its radical[1] is: 耳 (er3) which means: Ear, Handle (Archaeology), And That Is All (Classical Chinese), .耳er3ear

In cangjie it is written with SJTK

How to write 联

To write联lian2to ally you should write a combination of 耳er3ear , 关guan1surname Guan arranged in a 吅 shape:

耳 + 关 = 联

联 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 联 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 联, looks as follow:

联
Pinyin:lian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Ally . To Unite . To Join . (Poetry) Antithetical Couplet
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)
关
Pinyin:guan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Guan
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
天
Pinyin:tian1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Day . Sky . Heaven
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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