連

surname Lian

连 = 车 + 辶 : Mnemonic symbol: a chain.

连 = 车 + 辶 : Someone parked their car in the anthill's kitchen. Li Qingzhao is quite angry about it and locks the car up with a long and strong chain. She also leaves a pair of gladiator sandals and a note that if the driver is too bad at parking they should rather use the sandals and walk.

连

連

lián = li + an2

to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even / company (military)

连 = 车 + 辶 : Mnemonic symbol: a chain.

連 character breakdown

連
- 車
- 辶

车

車

che̅ = ch + e1

surname Che

车

車

che̅ = ch + e1

car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159

车 = 七 + 十 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is parading in a cabriolet (mnemonic symbol for 车) in front of the elevator (e1), because he wants to establish his new cult. Like all successful leaders, he takes the carrot-and-stick approach: In one hand he's waving with a seven-branched laser sword (七), in the other one he's waving with a cross (十).

车

車

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)

辶

chuò = chu + o4

to walk (side part of split character)

Chantal Chicken tries out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom.

Characters with 連 as component

莲

蓮

lián = li + an2

lotus

莲 = 艹 + 连 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to add lotus (莲) to the anthill's menu, so she sets up a big water tank in the kitchen (an2). In the tank she fixes sheets of artificial lawn (艹) to the bottom of the tank using chains (连) to act as scaffold for the new lotus (莲) plants.

链

鏈

liàn = li + an4

chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain

链 = 连 + 钅 : Li Qingzhao (li) has been kidnapped and chained down (连) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Luckily she has a tiny golden harpoon (钅) as a necklace (链) around her neck which she is able to pick up with her mouth, and with which she is able to pick the lock.

琏

璉

liǎn = li + an3

sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings / also pr. [lian2]

琏

璉

liǎn = li + an3

vessel used for grain offerings / also pr. [lian2]

涟

漣

lián = li + an2

ripple / tearful