Chinese Character Wiki
练

liàn

practice

Original meaning: 

boil and scour raw silk

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "boil and scour raw silk" to make it softer and whiter. The meaning later shifted to "to make perfect" and "to practice". Simplified form of 練.

Components
纟 meaning component

纟  Meaning component

mì, sī

  

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

柬 sound,simplified component

柬  Sound Simplified component

jiǎn

  

letter

Derived from the cursive form of the traditional 柬 component.

Evolution

练 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
练 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
练 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
练 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

练 (練) 

liàn

practice, drill, exercise, train; to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise

Most common words with 练
Freq.
Word
Meaning

训练

to train

教练

instructor

练

to train

练习

to practice

排练

to rehearse

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 43.1683% of movies

680th most common character in movies

1005th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

練

Unicode

U+7EC3


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