Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
煉
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
煉
Regular
Modern
Chinese
炼 / 煉 [liàn]
to refine; to smelt
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
煉 れん
Ren female given name
錬 れん
Ren female given name
CHINESE WORDS (41)
修炼 [xiūliàn] #28,045
(of Taoists) to practice austerities
炼狱 [liànyù] #12,347
purgatory
提炼 [tíliàn] #17,620
to extract (ore, minerals etc)
精炼 [jīngliàn] #20,576
to refine (a substance)
炼油厂 [liànyóuchǎng] #19,542
oil refinery
冶炼 [yěliàn] #55,837
to smelt metal
炼油 [liànyóu] #16,367
oil refinery
磨炼 [móliàn] #37,360
see 磨練|磨练[móliàn]
炼金术 [liànjīnshù] #24,471
alchemy
炼钢 [liàngāng] #42,945
steelmaking
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JAPANESE WORDS (55)
⭐ 試練 [しれん] #5,337
test
⭐ 練る [ねる] #5,538
to knead
⭐ 洗練 [せんれん] #7,846
refinement
⭐ 鍛錬 [たんれん] #8,625
tempering (metal)
⭐ 修練 [しゅうれん] #13,479
training
⭐ 錬金術 [れんきんじゅつ] #14,663
alchemy
⭐ 錬金術師 [れんきんじゅつし] #15,659
alchemist
⭐ 煉瓦 [れんが] #19,230
brick
煉獄 [れんごく] #22,527
purgatory
練り上げる [ねりあげる] #22,736
to knead well
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KOREAN WORDS (3)