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[432/808] Four Versions of 連 “connect, join, link”

Variants:
連 - Taiwan, Japan, South Korea
连 - Mainland China

Origin: Depicts a carriage (車) being pulled by a person walking (辶).

Definition:
① join, connect;
② continuous
③ even

Middle Chinese Reading:
/*lǐɛn/
Initial - semi-coronal (半舌)
Final - n

Modern Readings:
Mandarin - lián
Japanese - レン ren, つらなる tsuranaru, つらねる tsuraneru, つれる tsureru
Korean - 잇닿을 련(연)/거만할 련(연)/손숫물 련(연) itdaeul ryeon (yeon)/geomanhal ryeon (yeon)/sonsunmul ryeon (yeon), 산 이름 란(난) san ireum ran (nan)
Cantonese - lin4
Vietnamese - len, liên, liến, liền

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References:
Booklet of the 808 Commonly Used Chinese Characters in China, Japan and the ROK - www.tcs-asia.org/en/data/publications_down.php?idx…
[CN] Trilateral Common Vocabulary Dictionary (3rd Edition) - www.tcs-asia.org/en/data/publications_down.php?idx…
Unihan Database on 連 - www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint…
[CN] Multi-function Chinese Character Database on 連 - humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?…
Chinese Character Wiki on 連 - dong-chinese.com/wiki/%E9%80%A3
Official Readings of Jōyō Kanji - nihongo.monash.edu/jouyoureadings.html
[KR] Naver Hanja Dictionary on 連 - hanja.dict.naver.com/#/entry/ccko/84ba29a1df55485d…
Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation’s Nôm Lookup Tool - nomfoundation.org/common/nom_details.php?codepoint…
CJKV Dict on 連 - cjkvdict.com/?search=%E9%80%A3
Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters on 連,
李學勤,2012《字源》,天津:天津古籍出版社,2013年7月2次印刷。 (p. 127)
[CN] ZDIC on Middle Chinese pronunciation of 連 (post used 王力's [Wang Li's] reconstruction) - www.zdic.net/zd/yy/zgy/%E9%80%A3

Image Sources:
Character versions from ZDIC - www.zdic.net/hans/%E9%80%A3
Evolution chart from 李學勤,2012《字源》,天津:天津古籍出版社,2013年7月2次印刷。 (p. 127)

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