錬

Information about character(s)

Radical: 金
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 16
Variants: 煉

Pronunciation

Pinyin: liàn
JapaneseKun: NERU
JapaneseOn: REN
Korean: TONG LYEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: smelt metals

CE-Dict: Japanese variant of 煉|炼/to smelt/to refine

康熙字典文字版 【戌集上】【金字部】錬
【集韻】都籠切，音東。【揚子·方言】輨𨋩，趙魏之閒曰錬𨬍。【正字通】說文鐗，車軸頭鐵。集韻或作鍊。又田器。說文：鈐𨬍，大犂也。博雅：錬𨬍，錧也。卽說文鈐𨬍。以此推之，則錬爲鍊之譌也。

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