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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

錬: tempering, refine

Also: drill, train, polish

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

金 carries the meaning · 東 gives the sound

16 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

レンren · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 錬金術師れんきんじゅつしalchemist
  • 精錬せいれんrefining; refinement; smelting
  • 鍛錬たんれんtempering (metal); annealing; forging
  • 錬金術れんきんじゅつalchemy
  • 百戦錬磨ひゃくせんれんまveteran; battle-worn

Also read ねる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
More in the 金 metal story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
金

Also built on metal (金)

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東

Also built on east (東)

The 東 family reads トウ (tou); 錬 is read レン.

Also read レン

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
錬 tempering · 東
vs錯 confused · 昔
錬 has 東 where 錯 has 昔.
In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · liàn

Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.

Pinyin liàn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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