錬
錬 — Tempering
tempering, refine, drill, train, polish
On’yomiレン (ren)
Kun’yomiねる (neru)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 錬
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 錬金術師 | れんきんじゅつし renkinjutsushi | alchemist |
| 精錬 | せいれん seiren | refining; refinement; smelting |
| 錬金術 | れんきんじゅつ renkinjutsu | alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker |
| 鍛錬 | たんれん tanren | tempering (metal); annealing; forging |
| 百戦錬磨 | ひゃくせんれんま hyakusenrenma | veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles |
Study notes
錬 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2221 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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