錬

See also: 煉 and 鍊

錬 U+932C, 錬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-932C ← 錫 [U+932B] CJK Unified Ideographs 錭 → [U+932D]

Translingual

Traditional	鍊
Shinjitai	錬
Simplified	炼

Han character

錬 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金木田 (CDW), composition ⿰釒東)

1. smelt metals

References

• KangXi: page 1312, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40576
• Dae Jaweon: page 1813, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4216, character 10
• Unihan data for U+932C

Chinese

trad.		錬
simp.		𲇷

For pronunciation and definitions of 錬 – see 鍊 (“to smelt; to refine; to measure; to polish; etc.”). (This character, 錬, is a variant form of 鍊.)

Japanese

Shinjitai	錬
Kyūjitai	鍊

Kanji

錬

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鍊)

1. tempering
2. refine
3. drill
4. train
5. polish

Readings

• Go-on: れん (ren, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: れん (ren, Jōyō)
• Kun: ねる (neru, 錬る)

Korean

Hanja

錬 • (dong, ryeon, yeon) (hangeul 동, 련, 연, revised dong, ryeon, yeon, McCune–Reischauer tong, ryŏn, yŏn, Yale tong, lyen, yen)

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