練 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Origin of the character

形声。「糸」+音符「柬」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レンElem.
Kun (native)
  • ね(る)Elem.
  • ね(り)
Nanori (used in names)
  • ねり
Other languages
  • 拼音lian4
  • 한글ryeon
  • Hán-ViệtLuyện

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+7DF4

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸柬

Words using this kanji

  • 練習れんしゅう技能を向上させるために、それに関わる活動を反復して模擬的に行うこと。practice, training, drill, (an) exercise
  • 練りねりkneading, gloss, tempering, paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste)
  • 練るねるto knead, to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame), to polish (a plan, etc.), to refine
  • 練り上げるねりあげるto knead well, to polish, to refine
  • 練り直すねりなおすto knead again, to rework, to revise, to polish
  • 練達れんたつexpert(ise), skill, dexterity
  • 練り製品ねりせいひんboiled fish-paste products
  • 練功れんこうskills acquired through hard training, feats of practice
  • 練乳れんにゅう牛乳を煮詰め濃縮したもの。condensed milk
  • 練磨れんま心身や技芸などを練り磨くこと。training, practice, drilling, cultivation
  • 練炭れんたん石炭やコークス、木炭などの粉末を練って固めた燃料の一種。briquette (charcoal or coal)
  • 練兵れんぺい兵隊を訓練すること。military drill
  • 練塀ねりべいmud and tile wall topped with tiles
  • 練絹ねりぎぬglossy silk cloth, degummed silk cloth
  • 練香ねりこう(incense) pastille
  • 練熟れんじゅくproficiency, skill, experience
  • 練度れんどskill, proficiency, experience, dexterity
  • 練武れんぶ武術を鍛練すること。practising martial arts, training in martial arts
  • 練習場れんしゅうじょうpractice field, training ground, driving range, practice hall
  • 練り糸ねりいとglossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-8
Four Corner
2599.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a8.2
Heisig
1443
Nelson
3565