煉 — kanji meaning “refine metals”
煉
refine metals, kneading over fire
- Meanings
- refine metals, kneading over fire
- On'yomi
- レン (ren)
- Kun'yomi
- ね.る
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- liàn — Chinese character page
Words with 煉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煉瓦 | れんが renga | brick |
| 煉獄 | れんごく rengoku | purgatory |
| 化粧煉瓦 | けしょうれんが keshourenga | ornamental tile; facing bricks |
| 舗装煉瓦 | ほそうれんが hosourenga | paving brick |
| 木煉瓦 | もくれんが mokurenga | wooden block |
| 耐火煉瓦 | たいかれんが taikarenga | firebrick |
| 煉丹 | れんたん rentan | elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China) |
| 煉丹術 | れんたんじゅつ rentanjutsu | art of making elixirs (e.g. in Chinese trad. medicine); alchemy |
| 赤煉瓦 | あかれんが akarenga | red brick |
| 薬煉 | くすね kusune | boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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