TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
連
連 ＝ 辶 ＋ 車
ㄌㄧㄢˊ · lián
verb/adv — to link, join; in a row, even (連…都)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義walking, going (辵)
A cart (車) on the road (辶) — wagons rolling one behind another, hitched in a line. The two meaning-parts together write joining and going-on without a break: 連接、連續、連夜. From the unbroken chain, even the 連…都 that sweeps everything in.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一輛車（車）接一輛，在路上（辶）排成長長一串——連起來了。
Cart (車) after cart on the road (辶), strung out in a long line — linked.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)連接、相連— to link, join常用
→連續、連夜— continuous; through the night常用
→連…都— even — sweeping all in常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension