Jisho

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10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
30 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 連 【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
  • 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
  • 労連 【ロウレン】 labour union, labor union
  • 常連 【ジョウレン】 regular customer, regular patron, regular visitor, frequenter, constant companion

Kun reading compounds

  • 連なる 【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
  • 連ねる 【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
  • 連れる 【つれる】 to take (someone) with one, to bring along, to go with, to be accompanied by

Readings

Japanese names:
ずれ、 つれ、 むらじ、 れ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian2
Korean:
ryeon

Spanish

  • unir
  • acompañar
  • estar junto
  • grupo
  • agrupar

Portuguese

  • Levar pelo caminho
  • primazia
  • unir
  • conectar
  • partido
  • gangue
  • grupo

French

  • emmener
  • se mettre en rang
  • s'unir
  • série
  • parti
  • bande
  • clique
538 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
637 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
607 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
87 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4702 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
383 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
960 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1238 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
440 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
446 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
299 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
699 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3849 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1976 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2672 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
293 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38902P Morohashi
3103 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6062 New Nelson (John Haig)
287 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
305 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
101 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
560 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1555 2001 Kanji
2q7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3530.0 Four corner code
1-47-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9023 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
door, house 戶 (户, 戸)
Parts:
re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
890 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 戻入 【レイニュウ】 reversal of monies, funds, commissions
  • 背戻 【ハイレイ】 disobeying, infringing, running counter to
  • 暴戻 【ボウレイ】 tyranny, atrocity, brutality

Kun reading compounds

  • 戻す 【もどす】 to put back, to return, to give back, to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling), to turn back (e.g. clock hand), to vomit, to throw up, to recover (of a market price)
  • 戻る 【もどる】 to turn back (e.g. half-way), to return, to go back, to recover (e.g. something lost), to be returned, to rebound, to spring back

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
ryeo, ryeol

Spanish

  • vuelta
  • regreso
  • devolución
  • volver
  • vomitar
  • regresar
  • devolver

Portuguese

  • re-
  • volta
  • reverter
  • recomeçar
  • restaurar
  • retornar

French

  • revenir
  • re-
  • reprendre
  • restaurer
  • rendre
  • revenir en arrière
1920 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
923 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1818 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1850 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
552 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1238 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1304 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1201 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
842 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2441 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1234 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1699 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1090 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11707X Morohashi
1942 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2051 New Nelson (John Haig)
1081 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1162 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1124 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3063 2001 Kanji
4m3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-6 SKIP code
3-4-3 SKIP code
3023.4 Four corner code
1-44-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
623b Unicode hex code