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Kanji Detail for 煉 - "to refine, to temper, to polish"

煉

  • Meaning

    煉 means "to refine, to temper, to polish."

    1. Refine - To purify by heating.

    2. Temper - To strengthen through process.

    3. Polish - To improve through effort.

  • Words using 煉

    • 煉瓦 れんが Listen brick

  • Tattoo check: 煉

    • Verified meaning: to refine, to temper, to polish
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read れん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 煉

    Given names 煉(れん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    refine metals; kneading over fire

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    smelt, refine; distill, condense

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to refine; to smelt

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Smelting and casting metal to seek its purity. Also written as 鍊.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ren(レン) レン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ne.ru(ね-る) ね-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    refine temper polish compound smelt purify forge harden anneal distill alloy improve process strengthen heat cast extract fuse

Sentences including 煉

  • You cannot make bricks without straw.

  • Bricks consist mostly of clay.

  • One can't see through a brick wall.

  • The bricklayer calculated that he would need 500 bricks for the wall.

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