連鎖

See also: 连锁

Chinese

 
even; as; to join; to link; successively
to lock up; to lock
trad. (連鎖)
simp. (连锁)

Pronunciation


Adjective

連鎖

  1. chain; linked

Noun

連鎖

  1. chain
  2. concatenation; linking

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
れん
Grade: 4

Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 聯鎖, 鏈鎖

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 連鎖 (ljen swaX, literally connect in a row + chain). Compare modern Mandarin reading liánsuǒ.

Pronunciation

Noun

連鎖 (hiragana れんさ, rōmaji rensa)

  1. a chain; a connection of things to one another
  2. genetic linkage

Synonyms

Verb

連鎖する (intransitive, suru conjugation, hiragana れんさする, rōmaji rensa suru)

  1. to be linked

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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