煉
refine metals; kneading over fire
13 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names.
Readings
- レン (on reading): 煉瓦 (れんが) brick; 煉獄 (れんごく) purgatory
- ねる (kun reading): 薬煉 (くすね) boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)
Components
- 火
- 東
- 一 radical one
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 日 radical sun; day
- 木 radical tree
- 火 radical fire
- 田 radical rice field
Words using 煉
- 煉瓦 (れんが) brick
- 煉獄 (れんごく) purgatory
- 煉丹 (れんたん) elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)
- 化粧煉瓦 (けしょうれんが) ornamental tile
- 舗装煉瓦 (ほそうれんが) paving brick
- 薬煉 (くすね) boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)
11 words in all.