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Kanji Detail for 練 - "refine, train, practice"
練
- Meaning
練 means "refine, train, practice."
Refine - To improve; to work on.
Master - To become skilled through practice.
Silk - Refined silk thread or fabric.
Select - To choose the best; to sort out.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
practice; gloss; train; drill; polish; refine
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
practice, drill, exercise, train
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to drill, to exercise; to practice, to train
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Boiling silk to make it soft. Making it soft and white. Hence processed silk and cloth are all called 練. Empress Ma of Later Han wore a coarse practice skirt. This is it. | Experience. Such as 歷練. | All skills seeking mastery are called 練. Such as 訓練 (train), 教練 (coach). | Thoroughly skilled is called 練. Such as 諳練 (well-versed), 幹練 (capable).
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Sentences including 練
あなたはいつピアノの練習をしますか。
When do you practice the piano?
He used every chance to practice english.
The exercises did her good.
She was always practicing the piano.
They have little chance to practice it.
His speech is very refined.
She practiced the piano every day.
She finished her exercises in the given time.
Did you practice the piano this morning?
He was an old hand at the game.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
そうして練り上げた思想を系統的に纏める手数を省くために、ただ書物の中にある材料を並べて、それに相当な結論をちょっと付け加える事にした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
この時、誰かがこの下人に、さっき門の下でこの男が考えていた、饑死をするか盗人になるかと云う問題を、改めて持出したら、恐らく下人は、何の未練もなく、饑死を選んだ事であろう。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo