炼 — Chinese character
炼
liàn
to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense
- Pinyin
- liàn
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 火 柬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 火; sound component 柬
- Traditional
- 煉
Common words with 炼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锻炼 (鍛鍊) | duàn liàn | to toughen; to temper |
| 修炼 (修煉) | xiū liàn | (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism |
| 提炼 (提煉) | tí liàn | to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine |
| 冶炼 (冶煉) | yě liàn | to smelt metal |
| 炼狱 (煉獄) | liàn yù | purgatory |
| 炼油 (煉油) | liàn yóu | to refine crude oil; to render animal fat |
| 炼油厂 (煉油廠) | liàn yóu chǎng | oil refinery |
| 精炼 (精煉) | jīng liàn | to refine (a substance); to purify |
| 试炼 (試煉) | shì liàn | to refine with fire |
| 锤炼 (錘煉) | chuí liàn | to forge (metal); (fig.) to toughen sb up; to hone (one's skills) |
| 炼铁 (煉鐵) | liàn tiě | smelting iron |
| 炼丹 (煉丹) | liàn dān | to concoct pills of immortality |
English words written with 炼
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