鍊

Information about character(s)

Radical: 金
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 17
Variants: 鍊

Pronunciation

Pinyin: liàn, jiàn
Cantonese: lin6
JapaneseKun: NERU
JapaneseOn: REN
Korean: LYEN
Vietnamese: luyện

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: smelt metals, forge; refine

CE-Dict: variant of 鏈|链/a chain/variant of 煉|炼/to smelt/to refine

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to smelt; to refine; to forge; to temper
2.to polish
3.a chain

1.to refine or condense with heat; to smelt; to temper (a metal) with fire
2.[Chinese Medicine] to keep herbs, etc. boiling for a long time

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: refine; smelt; temper with fire

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《金部》鍊冶金也。从金柬聲。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集上】【金字部】鍊
【唐韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤郞甸切，音練。【說文】冶金也。【正字通】煎冶銅鐵使精熟也。【𨻰琳·武庫賦】鎧則東吳闕鞏，百鍊精剛。【皇極經世】金百鍊然後精，人亦如此。　又精金也。【王褒·四子講德論】精鍊藏於鑛鏷。　又凡物精熟者，皆爲鍊。【淮南子·地形訓】鍊土生木，鍊木生火。【註】鍊猶治也。　又【唐六典】道士修行，其德高思精者，稱鍊師。　又酷吏巧入人罪曰鍊。【前漢·路溫舒傳】鍛鍊而周內之。【註】言深文之吏，入人之罪，猶工冶陶鑄鍛鍊，使之成熟也。通作煉。　又通作湅。【周禮·冬官考工記·栗氏攺煎金錫則不耗註】削湅之精不復減也。　又【集韻】居晏切，音諫。【博雅】車軸鐵。

Buddhism words and phrases forge, temper (metal)

Han-De-Dict: härten, stählen (u.E.) (V)/raffinieren, schmelzen, läutern, kondensieren (u.E.) (V)