| 鍊 | |||
| smelt metals, forge; refine | |||
| Radical | 金釒钅金 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 9 | Total Strokes | 17 |
| Mandarin reading | liàn | Cantonese reading | lin6 |
| Japanese on reading | ren | Japanese kun reading | neru |
| Korean reading | lyen | Vietnamese reading | luyện |
| 鍊 | |||
| smelt metals, forge; refine | |||
| Radical | 金釒钅金 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 9 | Total Strokes | 17 |
| Mandarin reading | liàn | Cantonese reading | lin6 |
| Japanese on reading | ren | Japanese kun reading | neru |
| Korean reading | lyen | Vietnamese reading | luyện |
| 鍊 | [ liàn ] variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain, variant of 煉|炼[lian4] |
| ⇒ 千錘百鍊 | [ qiān chuí baǐ liàn ] after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom), the vicissitudes of life |
| ⇒ 鍛鍊 | [ duàn liàn ] to toughen, to temper, to engage in physical exercise, to work out, (fig.) to develop one's skills, to train oneself |