连绵
lián mián · HSK 7
continuous
🏔️⛰️ 连 (link) + 绵 (silk floss) = links stretching on like an unbroken thread
连 means to link or join; 绵 is soft silk floss that pulls out into one endless strand. Together they describe a mountain range or rainfall that runs on and on without a break.
连 — 辶 (walk) + 车 (cart/vehicle)
Originally a compound of the 'walk/movement' radical 辶 and 车 (cart), depicting carts moving in succession along a road. From this came the core sense of things linked or following one after another, extending to modern meanings like 'connect,' 'join,' and 'continuous.'