연

戀

Meaning: Miss, long for, love

• 연인 <戀人> - a couple
• 연애 <戀愛> - love, amour, a romance
  • 연애하다 - to see someone
  • 연애편지 - love letter

連

Meaning: Connect

• 연결(하다) <連結> - connection, to connect, to link
• 연습(하다) <演習> - practice
• 연락(하다) <連絡> - get in touch with, to contact
  • 연락처 <連絡處> - contact address
• 연속(하다) <連續> - follow one after another
  • 연속극 <連續劇> - serial TV drama

年

Meaning: Year, age. Pronounced as 연 at the beginning of a word, and 년 else where.

• 연초 <年初> - beginning of the year
• 연말 <年末> - end of the year
• 연중무휴 <年中無休> - open Throughout The Year
• 연상 <年上> - seniority, an elder
• 연하 <年下> - juniority, an youger
• 연금 <年金> - annuity, pension
• 연봉 <年俸> - annual salary
• 연세 <年歲> - age (honorific)
• 연령 <年齡> - age
• 연령층 <年齡層> - age group

演

Meaning: Play

• 공연(하다) <公演> - public performance, concert
• 연극(하다) <演劇> - play, drama
• 연설(하다) <演說> - speech

煙

Meaning: Smoke

• 연기 <煙氣> - smoke
• 금연(하다) <禁煙> - prohibition against smoking
  • 금연석 <禁煙席> - nonsmoking section
• 흡연(하다) <吸煙> - smoke a cigarette
  • 흡연석 <吸煙席> - smoking section
  • 흡연자 <吸煙者> - smoker

然

Meaning: Yes, certainly, pledge, promise

• 자연 <自然> - nature
• 막연하다 <漠然> - to be vague, ambiguous
• 당연하다 <當然> - to be natural, a matter of course

鉛

Meaning: lead (metal)

• 연필 <鉛筆> - pencil
• 색연필 <色鉛筆> - colored Pencil

硏

Meaning: grind

• 연구(하다) <硏究> - Study, research
  • 연구원 <硏究員> - researcher, research worker

延

Meaning: stretch, extend, delay, postpone, defer

• 연장전 <延長戰> - overtime, extra innings.

緣

Meaning: hem, margin, reason, cause, karma, fate, linkage, bondings

• 인연 <因緣> - karma, affinity, relation

See also

• 년
• 련