錬
temper; tempering; refine; drill; train; polish
16 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2221.
Readings
- レン (on reading): 錬成 (れんせい) training; 鍛錬 (たんれん) tempering (metal)
- ねる (kun reading): 錬る (ねる) to temper (steel)
Components
- 金
- 東
- 一 radical one
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 日 radical sun; day
- 木 radical tree
- 田 radical rice field
- 金 radical gold; metal
Words using 錬
- 錬成 (れんせい) training
- 鍛錬 (たんれん) tempering (metal)
- 錬金術 (れんきんじゅつ) alchemy
- 精錬 (せいれん) refining
- 錬金術師 (れんきんじゅつし) alchemist
- 錬る (ねる) to temper (steel)
15 words in all.