練

See also 练

Translingual

shinjitai	練
simplified	练
traditional	練

Alternative forms

Note the difference between the traditional Chinese (柬) and the Japanese shinjitai (東).

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 糸 (“silk”) + 柬

In Japanese, Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 糸 (“silk”) + 東.

Han character

練 (radical 120 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火木田火 (VFDWF), four-corner 2599₆, composition ⿰糸東)

1. practice, drill, exercise, train
2. silk

References

• KangXi: page 932, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27631
• Dae Jaweon: page 1370, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3424, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7DF4

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Cantonese

Hanzi

練 (simplified 练, Yale lin6)

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Japanese

Kanji

練 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: れん (ren)
• Kun: ねる (neru), ねりぎぬ (neriginu)

Compounds

• 練習 (れんしゅう, renshū, “practice”)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

練 (simplified 练, pinyin liàn (lian4), Wade-Giles lien⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

練 (luyện, lén, lẹn, rén, rịn)