聯

See also: 联, and 聨

聯	U+806F, 聯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-806F

← 聮
[U+806E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

聰 →
[U+8070]

聯	U+F997, 聯 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F997

← 練
[U+F996]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

輦 →
[U+F998]

Translingual

Han character

聯 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸十女戈廿 (SJVIT), four-corner 1217₂, composition ⿰耳𢇇)

Derived characters

壣, 㶌, 㺦, 𤒤, 𪚄/𪚁

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 969, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29153
Dae Jaweon: page 1419, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2796, character 3
Unihan data for U+806F

Unihan data for U+F997

Chinese

trad.		聯
simp.		联
alternative forms		聮䏈聫聨聠聮䏈聫聨聠𦕱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 聯
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (卵) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
卵	ɡ·roːlʔ, ɡ·roːnʔ
關	*kroːn
関	*kroːn
聯	*ɡ·ron

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 耳 (“ear”) + 絲 (“silk”).

According to Duan Yucai, 聯 and 連／连 are two characters for the same word, with the former used in the Zhou dynasty and the latter in the Han dynasty.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjan (“equal; to place in a row; to align; row”); related to 連 (OC *ren) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lián (lian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nian²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lyun⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lun³
Gan (Wiktionary): lien⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lièn / liòn

(Meixian, Guangdong): liên²
Jin (Wiktionary): lye¹
Northern Min (KCR): lîng
Eastern Min (BUC): lièng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): leng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liân / biân

(Teochew, Peng'im): liêng⁵ / liang⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lienn²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lián
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lián
  - Wade–Giles: lien²
  - Yale: lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
  - Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nian²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niɛn²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lyun⁴
  - Yale: lyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lün⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lun²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lien⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɛn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lièn / liòn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lien^ˇ / lion^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lian² / lion²
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯en¹¹/, /li̯on¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liên²
  - Sinological IPA: /liɛn¹¹/

Note: liòn - “to sew”.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lye¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /lye¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lièng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: leng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân
  - Tâi-lô: liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lieen
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³/
- (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biân
  - Tâi-lô: biân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɛn²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liêng⁵ / liang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liêng / liâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lieŋ⁵⁵/, /liaŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶li
  - MiniDict: li^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lienn²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ẽ¹³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 聯
Mandarin	Beijing	/lian³⁵/
	Harbin	/lian²⁴/
	Tianjin	/lian⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/liã⁴²/
	Qingdao	/liã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/lian⁴²/ /lyan⁴²/
	Xi'an	/luã²⁴/
	Xining	/liã²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/lian⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/liɛ̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/lian⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/niɛn²¹³/
	Chengdu	/nian³¹/
	Guiyang	/nian²¹/
	Kunming	/liɛ̃³¹/
	Nanjing	/lien²⁴/
	Hefei	/liĩ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/lye¹¹/
	Pingyao	/lye̞¹³/
	Hohhot	/lye³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/li²³/
	Suzhou	/liɪ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/liẽ̞²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/li³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/le⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/liɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/liẽ¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/niẽ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/liɛn⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/lien¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/lien¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/lyn²¹/
	Nanning	/lin²¹/
	Hong Kong	/lyn²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/lian³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/lieŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/liŋ³³/ /luiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/liaŋ³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/lin³¹/ /luaŋ³¹/

Middle Chinese: ljen

Rime
Character	聯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力延切
Baxter	ljen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lian/
Li Rong	/liɛn/
Wang Li	/lĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·ron/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聯
Reading #	1/1
No.	8642
Phonetic component	卵
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	連
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·ron/

Definitions

聯

to connect; to join
to associate; to ally
(literary or dialectal) to sew; to stitch
alt. forms: 連／连, 孿／孪 (luán), 縺／𦈐 (lián), 褳／裢 (lián)

聯衫／联衫 [Cantonese] ― lyun⁴ saam¹ [Jyutping] ― to sew clothes

聯咗四針／联咗四针 [Cantonese] ― lyun⁴ zo² sei³ zam¹ [Jyutping] ― to stitch four stitches
couplet
春聯／春联 ― chūnlián ― Spring Festival couplets

頸聯／颈联 ― jǐnglián ― the fifth and sixth lines of a lüshi

Synonyms

(to sew):

Dialectal synonyms of 縫 (“to sew; to stitch”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		縫
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	縫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	縫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	縫
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	縫
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	聯
	Xi'an	縫, 聯
	Xining	䋎
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	縫
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	縫
	Guiyang	縫
	Guilin	縫
	Guilin (Lingui)	縫
	Liuzhou	縫
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	縫
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	縫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聯
	Hong Kong	聯
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	聯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	聯
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	聯
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	聯
	Macau	聯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	聯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	聯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	聯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	聯
	Foshan	聯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	聯
	Foshan (Shunde)	聯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	聯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	聯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	聯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	聯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	聯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	聯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	聯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	聯
	Taishan	聯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	聯
	Enping (Niujiang)	聯
	Heshan (Yayao)	聯
	Dongguan	聯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	聯
	Qingyuan	聯
	Fogang	聯
	Yingde (Hanguang)	聯
	Yangshan	聯
	Lianshan (Butian)	針
	Shaoguan	聯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	聯
	Renhua	聯
	Lechang	聯
	Sihui	聯
	Guangning	聯
	Deqing	針
	Huaiji	聯
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	聯
	Yunfu	聯
	Xinxing	針
	Luoding	針
	Yunan (Pingtai)	針
	Yangjiang	聯
	Lianjiang	聯
	Nanning	聯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	聯
	Hepu (Shatian)	針
	Guiping	聯
	Guiping (Mule)	聯
	Pingnan	聯
	Mengshan (Xihe)	針
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	聯
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	聯
	Guigang (Pingdong)	聯
	Bobai	聯
	Lingshan	聯
	Pubei	聯
	Qinzhou	針
	Beihai	聯
	Beihai (Nankang)	聯
Beihai (Yingpan)	聯
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	聯
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	聯
Ningming	聯
Hengzhou	聯
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	聯
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	縫, 聯
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	聯
Móng Cái	聯
Bangkok (Guangfu)	聯
Gan	Nanchang	聯
	Pingxiang	聯
	Jianning	聯
Hakka	Meixian	聯
	Xingning	聯
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	聯
	Huidong (Daling)	聯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	聯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	縫
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	聯
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	聯
	Wengyuan	聯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	聯
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	聯
	Liannan	聯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	聯
	Jiexi	聯
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	聯
	Changting	聯
	Wuping	聯
	Wuping (Yanqian)	聯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	聯
	Liancheng	聯
	Ninghua	聯
	Ningdu	聯
	Ruijin	聯
	Shicheng	聯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	聯
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	聯
	Dayu	聯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聯
	Hong Kong	聯
	Mengshan (Xihe)	針
	Luchuan	聯
	Mashan (Pianlian)	聯
	Senai (Huiyang)	聯
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	聯
Northern Min	Jian'ou	聯
	Songxi	聯
	Jianyang	聯
	Wuyishan	聯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	䋎
	Fuqing	䋎
	Gutian	䋎
	Ningde	䋎
	Zhouning	䋎
	Fuding	䋎
	Matsu	䋎
Southern Min	Xiamen	䋎, 縫
	Quanzhou	䋎, 縫
	Jinjiang	䋎
	Yongchun	䋎
	Zhangzhou	䋎, 縫
	Zhao'an	䋎, 縫
	Taipei	䋎
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	䋎, 縫
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	䋎
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	䋎, 縫
	Kaohsiung	䋎
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	䋎, 縫
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	䋎
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	䋎, 縫
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	䋎
	Yilan	䋎
	Yilan (Toucheng)	䋎
	Changhua (Lukang)	䋎
	Taichung	䋎
	Tainan	䋎, 縫
	Tainan (Anping)	䋎, 縫
	Hsinchu	䋎
	Kinmen	䋎
	Penghu (Magong)	䋎
	Penghu (Xiyu)	䋎, 縫
	Penang (Hokkien)	䋎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	䋎
	Manila (Hokkien)	䋎
	Longyan	䋎
	Datian	縫
	Shantou	䋎
	Jieyang	䋎
	Bangkok (Teochew)	䋎
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	䋎
	Leizhou	䋎
	Haikou	䋎
Puxian Min	Putian	䋎
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	䋎
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	䋎, 縫
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	䋎
	Xianyou	䋎, 縫
	Xianyou (Fengting)	䋎, 縫
	Xianyou (Youyang)	䋎, 縫
Central Min	Yong'an	聯
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	聯
	Sanming (Shaxian)	聯
	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	䋎
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	聯
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	聯
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	聯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Shajing)	針
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	聯
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	聯
Wu	Shanghai	繗
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	吊, 縫
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	繗
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	繗
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	繗
	Suzhou	繗, 吊
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	吊
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	吊
	Wuxi	繗
	Changshu	繗
	Kunshan	繗
	Jiaxing	吊
	Liyang	縫
	Danyang	縫, 絞
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	縫
	Jingjiang	縫
	Jiangyin	繗
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	縫
	Hangzhou	縫
	Shaoxing	縫
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	縫
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	縫
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	縫
	Yuyao	縫
	Wenzhou	繗
	Quzhou	縫
	Jinhua	縫
	Yongkang	縫
Xiang	Loudi	聯
Xiang	Quanzhou	縫

Compounds

References

“聯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

聯

(Hyōgai kanji)

Alternative form of 連

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 聯 is mostly replaced by 連, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Readings

Go-on: れん (ren)
Kan-on: れん (ren)
Kun: つらなる (tsuranaru, 聯なる)、つらねる (tsuraneru, 聯ねる)
Nanori: つらね (tsurane)

Compounds

Not replaced by 連 in modern orthography

対聯(たいれん) (tairen), 対聯(ついれん) (tsuiren)

Replaced by 連 in modern orthography

聯(れん)句(く) (renku)
聯繋(れんけい) (renkei)
聯亙(れんこう) (renkō)
聯合(れんごう) (rengō, “union, alliance, confederation”)
聯想(れんそう) (rensō, “suggestion, association of ideas”)
聯珠(れんじゅ) (renju, “renju game”)
聯隊(れんたい) (rentai)
聯邦(れんぽう) (renpō, “union, federation, commonwealth”)
聯盟(れんめい) (renmei, “federation, alliance, association”)
聯絡(れんらく) (renraku, “to communicate, connection, correspondence”)
聯立(れんりつ) (renritsu, “alliance, coalition”)
関聯(かんれん) (kanren)

Korean

Hanja

聯 (eumhun 잇달 련 (itdal ryeon), word-initial (South Korea) 잇달 연 (itdal yeon))

hanja form^? of 련/연 (“connect, join”)
hanja form^? of 련/연 (“associate, ally”)