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煉

煉

See also: 炼 and 鍊

Translingual

Han character

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

  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

Chinese

trad. 煉
simp. 炼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 煉
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 *ɡr·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, OC *ɡ·reːns) : 火 ‎(“fire”) + 柬.

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 煉
Reading # 1/1
No. 6143
Phonetic
component		 柬
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 練
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡ·reːns/
Notes 集韻引説文王韻亦有

Definitions

煉

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Japanese

Kanji

煉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Compounds

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 (luyện, rịn)

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