1. 煉

煉

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  1. 煉 is the 1761st most frequent character.
  2. 煉 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 煉 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 煉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
煉 => 火, 柬
Radical :
煉 => 火 (fire), 木 (tree), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 丷 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
煉 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 一, 丨, 八, 口, 丨, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lian4 - to refine/to smelt

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 煉 (lian4): The component 柬 is pronounced as 'jian3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

修炼 (修煉)
锻炼 (鍛煉)

Medium Frequency

提炼 (提煉)
炼乳 (煉乳)
炼化 (煉化)
炼狱 (煉獄)
炼钢 (煉鋼)
磨炼 (磨煉)
精炼 (精煉)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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