Chinese symbol for “unbroken”
连绵
lián mián
Traditional: 連綿
continuous; unbroken; uninterrupted; extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unbroken is 连绵 (lián mián), defined as: continuous; unbroken; uninterrupted; extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “unbroken”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 连绵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 连续 (連續) | lián xù | continuous; in a row |
| 连结 (連結) | lián jié | variant of 联结 (lián jié); (Tw) link (on a website); hyperlink |
| 连接 (連接) | lián jiē | to link; to join; to connect |
| 连任 (連任) | lián rèn | to continue in (a political) office; to serve for another term of office |
| 连线 (連線) | lián xiàn | electrical lead; connecting line; (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc); to go online; connection |
| 相连 (相連) | xiāng lián | to link; to join |
| 海绵 (海綿) | hǎi mián | (zoology) sea sponge; (esp.) dried sea sponge |
| 绵羊 (綿羊) | mián yáng | sheep |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unbroken”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.