煉

See also: 炼 and 鍊

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 火 (“fire”) + 柬

Han character

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

1. smelt, refine
2. distill, condense

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

煉 (simplified 炼, Yale lin6)

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Japanese

Kanji

煉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Goon: れん (ren)
• Kan’on: れん (ren)
• Kun: ねる (neru)

Compounds

Compounds

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

煉 (simplified 炼, Pinyin liàn (lian4), Wade-Giles lien⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

煉 (luyện, rịn)

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