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錬

tempering
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingレン
Kun readingね.る
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. temperingRtK
    ファウスト博士は、錬金術に精通していた。Dr. Faust was well versed in alchemy.tatoeba
    「西遊記」の中には錬金術の話が数多く登場します。Many tales of alchemy show up in "Journey to the West".tatoeba
  2. refine
  3. drill
  4. train
  5. polish
  1. alchemy
  2. way of making money
  3. moneymaker
  4. money-spinner

Radicals and components

Radical金gold釒variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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metal (金) · gold (金) · east · tree (木) · wood (木) · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2186

Compound words

鍛錬たんれん
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining
錬金術れんきんじゅつ
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
錬金術師れんきんじゅつし
alchemist
試錬しれん
test
精錬せいれん
refining
製錬せいれん
refining
洗錬せんれん
refinement
百錬ひゃくれん
well-tempered
錬るねる
to knead
精錬所せいれんしょ
refinery
錬り上げるねりあげる
to knead well

Stroke Order

16 strokes

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