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煉

煉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

This stroke order diagram is drawn with 13 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「火」+音符「柬」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

refine metals, kneading over fire

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レン
Kun (native)
  • ね(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音lian4
  • 한글ryeon
  • Hán-ViệtLuyện

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
火(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7149

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰火柬

Words using this kanji

  • 煉瓦れんが土を直方体に焼き固めた建築材料。brick
  • 煉獄れんごくカトリックで天国と地獄との間にあり、罪人であったものが火で罪を浄化するとされる場所。purgatory
  • 煉丹れんたんelixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)
  • 煉丹術れんたんじゅつ道士が服用すれば不老不死となる丹薬をつくろうと試みた術。art of making elixirs (e.g. in Chinese trad. medicine), alchemy

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

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Lookup codes

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9589.6
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4d9.2
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2601
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2783