Chinese symbol for “coking”
炼焦
liàn jiāo
Traditional: 煉焦
coking; the process of producing coke from coal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coking is 炼焦 (liàn jiāo), defined as: coking; the process of producing coke from coal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炼焦.
| 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 |
| 焦点 (焦點) | jiāo diǎn | (lit. and fig.) focal point; focus |
| 焦虑 (焦慮) | jiāo lǜ | anxious; worried |
See also: Japanese symbol for “coking”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.