懂中文 Dong Chinese

煉

liàn

smelt

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound.

Components
火 meaning component

火  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

柬 sound component

柬  Sound component

jiǎn

  

letter

Evolution

煉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
煉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

炼 (煉) 

liàn

smelt, refine; distill, condense; to refine; to smelt

Most common words with 煉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

锻炼

to toughen

炼

to refine

修炼

to practice asceticism

炼狱

purgatory

提炼

to refine