练(liàn): to practice
to practice
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- liàn
- Meaning
- to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Traditional
- 練
Origin & structure
Where 练 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 练 step by step
8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 练
Common words using 练 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
chuàng创liàn练
to form and train (a military unit); to create and practice (a martial art)…
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