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煉

refine metals
Stroke count: 12

Readings

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. refine metals
    藁なしで煉瓦はできない。You cannot make bricks without straw.tatoeba
    煉瓦職人はその塀には５００個のレンガが必要だと見積もった。The bricklayer calculated that he would need 500 bricks for the wall.tatoeba
  2. kneading over fire
  3. firingRtK
  1. brick

Radicals and components

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Components
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Compound words

煉瓦れんが
brick
試煉しれん
test
精煉せいれん
refining
洗煉せんれん
refinement
煉るねる
to knead
煉乳れんにゅう
condensed milk
煉屏ねりべい
mud and tile wall topped with tiles
煉り塀ねりべい
mud and tile wall topped with tiles
化粧煉瓦けしょうれんが
ornamental tile
舗装煉瓦ほそうれんが
paving brick
煉り上げるねりあげる
to knead well
煉り合わせるねりあわせる
to knead together

Additional Examples

煉瓦の大部分は粘土からなっている。
Bricks consist mostly of clay.tatoeba
煉瓦の壁は透かして見ることはできない。
One can't see through a brick wall.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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