煉

煉

See also: 炼, 鍊, and 練

煉 U+7149, 煉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7149 ← 煈 [U+7148] CJK Unified Ideographs 煊 → [U+714A]

煉 U+F993, 煉 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F993 ← 漣 [U+F992] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 璉 → [U+F994]

Translingual

Japanese	煉
Simplified	炼
Traditional	煉

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: page 676, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19178
• Dae Jaweon: page 1087, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2215, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7149
• Unihan data for U+F993

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Chinese

trad.		煉
simp.		炼*

Glyph origin

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

Definitions

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

Compounds

九煉成鋼／九炼成钢 修煉／修炼 (xiūliàn) 冶煉／冶炼 (yěliàn) 土法煉鋼／土法炼钢 (tǔfǎ liàngāng) 提煉／提炼 (tíliàn) 搏煉／搏炼 搏砂煉汞／搏砂炼汞 摶砂煉汞／抟砂炼汞 日鍛月煉／日锻月炼 月鍛季煉／月锻季炼 炮煉／炮炼

煉丹／炼丹 (liàndān) 煉丹術／炼丹术 (liàndānshù) 煉乳／炼乳 (liànrǔ) 煉山／炼山 煉油／炼油 煉油廠／炼油厂 煉焦／炼焦 煉焦爐／炼焦炉 煉獄／炼狱 (liànyù) 煉石補天／炼石补天 煉製／炼制

煉銅／炼铜 (liàntóng) 煉鋼／炼钢 (liàngāng) 煉鋼廠／炼钢厂 煉鐵／炼铁 煉鐵爐／炼铁炉 熬煉／熬炼 燒煉／烧炼 磨煉／磨炼 (móliàn) 精煉／精炼 (jīngliàn) 精金百煉／精金百炼

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Japanese

Kanji

煉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. refine metals
2. kneading over fire

Readings

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

Compounds

Compounds

• 煉瓦(れんが) (renga): brick
• 煉獄(れんごく) (rengoku): purgatory

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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: Hán Nôm readings: luyện, rịn

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