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The character for "to connect" or "even", originally depicted in its traditional form as "連", derives from a conceptual combination of a chariot or vehicle, represented by the "辶" radical indicating movement, with a component that suggests a road or pathway. This structure initially conveyed the idea of a vehicle moving along a continuous road, emphasizing physical linkage and progression. Over centuries, its meaning extended from this concrete sense of joining or proceeding together to encompass more abstract notions of association, succession, and logical continuity, such as in events or thoughts. The simplified form "连" preserved the phonetic element from the top portion while streamlining the complex movement radical into a walking footstep form, maintaining the core idea of connection but through a graphically reduced construction.
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连他都不明白。
连小孩子都知道。
我连饭都没吃。
我们两个是相连的。
他已经连工作三天了。
这座城市连接着南北交通。
如果连你也不支持我，我会很难过。
这些事件是相互关联的，连起来看就能发现规律。