煉

See also: 炼, 鍊, and 練

煉 U+7149, 煉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7149 ← 煈 [U+7148] CJK Unified Ideographs 煊 → [U+714A]

煉 U+F993, 煉 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F993 ← 漣 [U+F992] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 璉 → [U+F994]

Translingual

Japanese	煉
Simplified	炼
Traditional	煉

Han character

煉 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火木田火 (FDWF), four-corner 9589₆, composition ⿰火柬)

Derived characters

• 𬋆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 676, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19178
• Dae Jaweon: page 1087, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2215, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7149

• Unihan data for U+F993

Chinese

trad.		煉
simp.		炼*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 煉
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (柬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蘭	*ɡ·raːn
攔	*ɡ·raːn
欄	*ɡ·raːn
瀾	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌	*ɡ·raːn
韊	*ɡ·raːn
幱	*ɡ·raːn
籣	*ɡ·raːn
躝	*ɡ·raːn
爛	*ɡ·raːns
爤	*ɡ·raːns
鑭	*ɡ·raːns
糷	*ɡ·raːns
斕	*ɡ·reːn
揀	*kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬	*kreːnʔ
暕	*kreːnʔ
諫	*kraːns
練	*ɡ·reːns
鍊	*ɡ·reːns
煉	*ɡ·reːns
楝	*ɡ·reːns
萰	*ɡ·reːns
堜	*ɡ·reːns
湅	*ɡ·reːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·reːns) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 柬 (OC *kreːnʔ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 煉 – see 鍊 (“to smelt; to refine; to measure; to polish; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鍊).

Compounds

• 九煉成鋼／九炼成钢
• 修煉／修炼 (xiūliàn)
• 冶煉／冶炼 (yěliàn)
• 土法煉鋼／土法炼钢 (tǔfǎ liàngāng)
• 提煉／提炼 (tíliàn)
• 搏煉／搏炼
• 搏砂煉汞／搏砂炼汞
• 摶砂煉汞／抟砂炼汞
• 日鍛月煉／日锻月炼
• 月鍛季煉／月锻季炼
• 炮煉／炮炼
• 煉丹／炼丹 (liàndān)
• 煉丹術／炼丹术 (liàndānshù)
• 煉乳／炼乳 (liànrǔ)
• 煉山／炼山
• 煉油／炼油
• 煉油廠／炼油厂
• 煉焦／炼焦
• 煉焦爐／炼焦炉
• 煉獄／炼狱 (liànyù)
• 煉石補天／炼石补天
• 煉製／炼制
• 煉銅／炼铜 (liàntóng)
• 煉鋼／炼钢 (liàngāng)
• 煉鋼廠／炼钢厂
• 煉鐵／炼铁
• 煉鐵爐／炼铁炉
• 熬煉／熬炼
• 燒煉／烧炼
• 磨煉／磨炼 (móliàn)
• 精煉／精炼 (jīngliàn)
• 精金百煉／精金百炼

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	煉󠄁 煉+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
煉󠄂 煉+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	煉
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Kanji

煉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. refine metals
2. kneading over fire

Readings

• Go-on: れん (ren)
• Kan-on: れん (ren)
• Kun: ねる (neru, 煉る)

Compounds

Compounds

• 煉瓦(れんが) (renga): brick
• 煉獄(れんごく) (rengoku): purgatory

Korean

Hanja

煉 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

煉: Hán Nôm readings: luyện, rịn

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