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連 means 'take'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 131   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-2    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 16    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 309 words   Used in 581 words   Used in 733 names   Component in 9 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   レン
Kun
   つれる to take, to lead   つらねる to line up   つらなる to extend
Additional readings
Kun    -づれ
Name    ずれ   つれ   むらじ   れ
Variants
聯   连 (Chinese)  
Components
⿺  ⻌ (辵) move  車 car  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 連 is used 27 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 連 is used 566 times, read 3 ways (with 4 variations).
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レン : 517 words FIND ALL
れ ん ら く 0
1. to contact; to get in touch  (see also: ご連絡)
noun
2. contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message  (see also: ご連絡)
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つれる : 26 words FIND ALL
つ れ 0
companion; company
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つれる (read as づ) : 10 words FIND ALL
ふ た り づ れ 5
noun
party of two
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つらねる : 8 words FIND ALL
つ ら な る 3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to extend; to stretch out; to stand in a row
2. to attend; to participate in
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つれる (read as つれ) : 3 words FIND ALL
つ れ ま い 2
noun
dance done by two persons or more  (see also: 相舞)
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れ: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
Spanish broom (Spartium junceum)  (often written with kana only; originally from spa 'retama')
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むらじ: 1 word. FIND ALL
む ら じ 1
noun
Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight)  (archaic)
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An additional つら.なる less common words include 連 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 637 (originally: 607)  Joy o' Kanji : 607  Key to Kanji: 1089 

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連
レン   つれる to take, to lead   つらねる to line up   つらなる to extend   
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車
シャ   くるま car   
⻌
move
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