Taxonomy of meanings for 聯:　　

  • 聯 lián (OC: ɡ-ron MC: liɛn) 力延切 平 廣韻：【聮綿不絶説文作䏈 】
    • COMBINE
      • vadNlinked, merging
      • vtoNlink up with, make ties with
      • vtoNmiddle voicebe linked together 珠聯 "be strung together like pearls"
      • vadVbeing interlocked and combinedCH
    • UNITE
      • SEW
        • PEOPLE
          • TEXT
            • NOMINAL MEASURE WORDS

              Additional information about 聯

              說文解字:

                Criteria
              • COMBINE

                1. The current general word for combining or linking things, or joining a new unit into an old one is jiān 兼 (ant. fēn 分 "be divided").

                2. Hé 合 (ant. lí 離 "get separated off") is the combining of typically abstract items into a single whole.

                3. Lián 聯 and the Han equivalent lián 連 (all ant. jué 絕 "break relations with") refer to the establishing of links without the creation of a new unity.

                4. Huì 會 refers to the combination of separate units into a whole as in huì yì 會意 "complex characters where semantically significant elements retain their graphic significance".

                5 Bìng 並 refers to the lining things up and joining them together. See ANNEX.

                6. Zhuān 專 is occasionally used to refer to the combining or uniting of things. See CONCENTRATE