链

鏈
liàn
#2,095 most
frequent character
chain

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

链 liàn joins 钅, metal, with 连 lián. A kind of copper gives the first meaning. From there it grew to 'copper chain' and 'to enchain, link'. 连 lián supplies the sound.

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Homophones

练liàn
practice, train
炼liàn
to refine
恋liàn
to feel attached to, to long for

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