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練

practice
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingレン
Kun readingね.る、ね.り
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. practiceRtK
  2. gloss
  3. train
  4. drill
  5. polish
  6. refine
  1. to knead
  2. to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame)
  3. to polish (a plan, etc.)
  4. to refine
  5. to elaborate

Popular Usage

練習する訓練

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · east · tree (木) · wood (木) · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1443

Compound words

練習するれんしゅうする
practice
訓練くんれん
training; drill; practice; discipline
試練しれん
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
熟練じゅくれん
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery
洗練せんれん
refinement; polish
未練みれん
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
練るねる
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate
練習れんしゅう
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
修練しゅうれん
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
練りねり
kneading; gloss; tempering; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
教練きょうれん
drill
鍛練たんれん
tempering (metal)
練塀ねりべい
mud and tile wall topped with tiles
修練者しゅうれんしゃ
(Catholic) neophyte
練り塀ねりべい
mud and tile wall topped with tiles
練羊羹ねりようかん
neri yōkan
演奏練習えんそうれんしゅう
musical rehearsal
軍事教練ぐんじきょうれん
military training
軍事訓練ぐんじくんれん
military exercise
手練手管てれんてくだ
wiles
排泄訓練はいせつくんれん
toilet training
練り羊羹ねりようかん
neri yōkan
洗練するせんれんする
to refine; to polish
訓練するくんれんする
to train

Additional Examples

彼は多くの試練に耐えなければならなかった。
He had to undergo many trials.tatoeba
彼は熟練のピアニストだ。
He is a proficient pianist.tatoeba
彼は熟練した脳外科医として名声が高い。
He enjoys a good reputation as a specialist in brain surgery.tatoeba
彼は熟練した登山家だ。
He is an adept climber.tatoeba
弓矢の練習する場所を的場といった。
A place to practice Yumiya was called matoba.wiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 練

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