鍊 — readings, stroke count and radical

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. （金属を）ねる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「金」+音符「柬」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

smelt metals, forge, refine

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• レン

Kun (native)

• ねる

Other languages

• 拼音guo3 lian4

infoBasics

Strokes

17 strokes

Radical

金(かね)

JIS level

Level 3

Unicode

U+934A

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 諫One part differs
• 𥻂One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 錬Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-8-9

Nelson

4881