炼(liàn)

HSK 49 strokesTrad. 煉

to refine

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Character information

Pinyin
liàn
Meaning
to refine; to smelt
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
煉

Origin & structure

Where 炼 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰火柬

In this compound, the meaning comes from 火 (fire); 柬 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

火huǒ柬jiǎn

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 炼 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 炼

Common words using 炼 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

duàn锻liàn炼
HSK 4

to toughen

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tí提liàn炼
HSK 7-9

to extract (ore, minerals etc)

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xiū修liàn炼

(of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism

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yě冶liàn炼

to smelt metal

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níng凝liàn炼

variant of 凝练

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qiān千chuí锤bǎi百liàn炼

after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)

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liàn炼dān丹

to concoct pills of immortality

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liàn炼rǔ乳

to condense milk (by evaporation)

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 炼’s common words

锻提修冶凝千锤百

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