練
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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)
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
- 揀One part differs
- 楝One part differs
- 湅One part differs
- 煉One part differs
- 瑓One part differs
- 諫One part differs
- 𥻂One part differs
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Variants
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-6-8- Four Corner
2599.6- Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a8.2- Heisig
- 1443
- Nelson
- 3565