煉
Information about character(s)
Radical: 火Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 13
Simplified Form: 炼
Variants: 煉
Pronunciation
Pinyin: liàn, lànCantonese: lin6
JapaneseKun: NERU
JapaneseOn: REN
Korean: LYEN
Vietnamese: luyện
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: smelt, refine; distill, condenseCE-Dict: to refine/to smelt
懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: refine; smelt; temper with fire
說文解字 - Shuowen: 《火部》煉 鑠治金也。从火柬聲。
康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【火字部】 煉
【唐韻】【集韻】𠀤郞甸切,音練。【說文】鑠治金也。【王充·論衡】女媧氏銷煉五色石。以補蒼天。【玉篇】今亦作鍊。 又【集韻】郞旰切,音𢒞。本作爤。或作爛燗。詳爛字註。
Buddhism words and phrases forge metal;
CF-Dict: raffiner
Han-De-Dict: schmelzen, härten, stählen (u.E.) (V)