鍊

See also: 錬

Translingual

Traditional	鍊
Shinjitai	錬
Simplified	炼

Han character

鍊 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金木田火 (CDWF), four-corner 8519₆, composition ⿰金柬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1313, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40602
• Dae Jaweon: page 1814, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4228, character 14
• Unihan data for U+934A

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鍊
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 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 柬 (OC *kreːnʔ).

Etymology 1

trad.		鍊
simp.		炼*
alternative forms		煉／炼 for figurative meanings

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鍊

1. to smelt; to refine
2. (figurative) to measure (one's words); to polish (one's wording)
3. (figurative) to temper; to steel; to cultivate
4. a surname

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鍊 – see 鏈 (“chain”). (This character is a variant form of 鏈).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	錬
Kyūjitai	鍊

Kanji

鍊

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 錬)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れん (ren)
• Kun: ねる (neru, 鍊る)

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Korean

Hanja

鍊 (eumhun 불릴 련 (bullil ryeon))

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Compounds

• 단련 (鍛鍊, dallyeon)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鍊: Hán Nôm readings: luyện, rèn, rén

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