This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: レン、つら.なる、つら.ねる、つ.れる、-づ.れ
Romaji: ren, tsura.naru, tsura.neru, tsu.reru, -zu.re
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: ずれ、つれ、むらじ、れ
Romaji: zure, tsure, muraji, re
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

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

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  162
Frequency:  30
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  3-3-7
Korean Reading:  ryeon
Chinese Reading:  lian2
Unicode:  9023
JIS:  4F22

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3103
Nelson Index: 4702
New Nelson Index: 6062
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2q7.2
Four Corner Index: 3530.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 607
Gakken Index: 87
Japanese Names Index: 1238
Daikanwanjiten Index: 38902P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0087
Remembering the kanji Index: 287
Kanji Way Index: 101
Kanji Flashcards Index: 960
Kodansha Compact Index: 699
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 637
Kanji in Context Index: 299
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1976
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2672
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 293
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 305
Essential Kanji Index: 383
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3849
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1555
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 538
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 560

Words

(れん)
ream (of paper); stanza; verse; (taxonomical) tribe; party; company; group; quinella; quiniela
関連 (かんれん)
relation; connection; relevance
連合 (れんごう)
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
ソ連 (ソれん、それん)
(former) Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
連携 (れんけい)
cooperation; coordination; link
(むらじ)
Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight)
連続 (れんぞく)
serial; consecutive; continuity; occurring in succession; continuing
連載 (れんさい)
serialization; serialisation; serial story
連結 (れんけつ)
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
連れる (つれる)
to lead; to take (a person)
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