炼

liàn · làn

to refine · to smelt

Radical: 火 Strokes: 9

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾炉烛灶

Stroke Order · 9 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

炼=火+柬

Etymology

fire

Meanings

to refine

to smelt

liàn

variant of, chain

liàn

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Words with 炼 136 total

to make steel · steelmaking炼钢liàn gāng to polish a phrase炼句liàn jù

Idioms with 炼 8 total

to be tempered into a steel百炼成钢bǎi liàn chéng gāng after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) · the vicissitudes of life千锤百炼qiān chuí bǎi liàn True gold fears no fire. (idiom)真金不怕火炼zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn