English: take along lead join connect party gang clique	On-Yomi: レン	Kun-Yomi: つら.なる つら.ねる つ.れる -づ.れ ずれ つれ むらじ れ

Bushu (Radical) Info:
辷 (しんにゅう, すべ.る, すべ.らす) – road; glide; skate; slip; fail in exams; (kokuji)
込 (-こ.む, こ.む, こ.み, -こ.み, こ.める, こみ, ごめ) – crowded; mixture; in bulk; included; (kokuji)

Henshall Mnemonic: accompanied by row of moving vehicles

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #30 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 連絡   [れんらく]
  (n,vs) junction; communication; contact; connection; coordination   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連れる   [つれる]
  (v1) to lead; to take (a person)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 連想   [れんそう]
  (n,vs) association (of ideas); suggestion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連続   [れんぞく]
  (n,vs) serial; consecutive; continuity; occurring in succession; continuing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連れ   [つれ]
  (n,vs) companion; company   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 関連   [かんれん]
  (n) relation; connection; relevance   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 連合   [れんごう]
  (n) union; alliance   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 連帯   [れんたい]
  (n) solidarity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連中   [れんちゅう]
  (n) colleagues; company; a lot   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連日   [れんじつ]
  (n-adv,n-t) every day; prolonged   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 一連   [いちれん]
  (n) a series; a chain; a ream (of paper)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連邦   [れんぽう]
  (n) commonwealth; federation of states   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連盟   [れんめい]
  (n) league; union; alliance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 国連   [こくれん]
  (n) U.N.; United Nations   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連なる   [つらなる]
  (v5r) to extend; to stretch out; to stand in a row   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連ねる   [つらねる]
  (v1) to link; to join; to put together   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連休   [れんきゅう]
  (n) consecutive holidays   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 連勝   [れんしょう]
  (n,vs) consecutive victories; series of victories   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 国際連合   [こくさいれんごう]
  United Nations   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 労連   [ろうれん]
  (n) labour union   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連戦   [れんせん]
  (n) series of battles   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連打   [れんだ]
  (n) barrage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連隊   [れんたい]
  (n) regiment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連投   [れんとう]
  (n) pitching in consecutive games   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連動   [れんどう]
  (n) gearing; linkage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連覇   [れんぱ]
  (n) successive championships   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連敗   [れんぱい]
  (n,vs) consecutive defeats; series of defeats   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連発   [れんぱつ]
  (n,vs) running continuously; firing in rapid succession   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連峰   [れんぽう]
  (n) mountain range   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連名   [れんめい]
  (n) joint signature   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連用   [れんよう]
  (n) continuous use   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連立   [れんりつ]
  (n) alliance; coalition   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 常連   [じょうれん]
  (n) regular customer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 愚連隊   [ぐれんたい]
  (n) gang of young toughs   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• ソ連   [ソれん]
  (n) (former) Soviet Union; USSR   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連   [れん]
  (n) party; company; group   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経団連   [けいだんれん]
  (n) (abbr) Federation of Economic Organizations   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連れて行く   [つれていく]
  (v5k-s) to take someone (of lower status) along   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連れて来る   [つれてくる]
  (vk) to bring someone along   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連れ去る   [つれさる]
  (v5r) to take away   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連関   [れんかん]
  (n) connection; relation; linkage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連係   [れんけい]
  (n) connection; linking   [K] [D] [Jisho]

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Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.