Read Edit View history 链 liàn HSK7 chain Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Metal 钅 that joins 连; 连 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas liàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鏈 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 链 Simp strokes 链 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 链 Simp strokes 链 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 链 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 244, 798 ], [ 284, 742 ], [ 175, 538 ], [ 45, 372 ] ], [ [ 244, 593 ], [ 377, 626 ] ], [ [ 161, 469 ], [ 349, 504 ] ], [ [ 101, 312 ], [ 350, 363 ] ], [ [ 194, 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