練
practice; gloss; train; drill; polish; refine
14 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 788.
Readings
- レン (on reading): 練習 (れんしゅう) practice; 訓練 (くんれん) training
- ねる (kun reading): 練る (ねる) to knead; 練馬大根 (ねりまだいこん) Nerima daikon (variety of daikon with a long, thick root)
- ねり (kun reading): 練り歩く (ねりあるく) to parade; 練り直す (ねりなおす) to knead again
Components
- 糸
- 東
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 小 radical small
- 幺 radical short thread
- 日 radical sun; day
- 木 radical tree
- 田 radical rice field
- 糸 radical thread
Words using 練
- 練習 (れんしゅう) practice
- 訓練 (くんれん) training
- 練習生 (れんしゅうせい) student
- 洗練 (せんれん) refinement
- 熟練 (じゅくれん) skill
- 練る (ねる) to knead
- 練馬大根 (ねりまだいこん) Nerima daikon (variety of daikon with a long, thick root)
- 練塀 (ねりべい) mud and tile wall topped with tiles
- 練絹 (ねりぎぬ) glossy silk cloth
- 想を練る (そうをねる) to turn (a matter) over in one's mind
- 練り歩く (ねりあるく) to parade
- 練り直す (ねりなおす) to knead again
- 練り込む (ねりこむ) to knead into
- 練り上げる (ねりあげる) to knead well
- 練り物 (ねりもの) paste products (incl. sweets, fish paste, etc.)
- 手練れ (てだれ) mastery
151 words in all.