1. 锻
  2. 炼

锻

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  1. 锻 is the 2526th most frequent character.
  2. 锻 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 锻 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 锻 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
锻 => 钅, 段
Radical :
锻 => 钅 (metal/gold), 丨 (line), No glyph available, 殳 (weapon/lance)
Graphical :
锻 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 丨, 一, 丿, ㇠, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. duan4 - forge/wrought/to discipline

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 锻 (duan4): The component 段 is pronounced as 'duan4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

锻炼 (鍛煉)

Medium Frequency

炼

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

Decomposition:

Once :
炼 => 火, No glyph available
Radical :
炼 => 火 (fire), 乚 (second), 一 (one), ㇆ (N/A), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
炼 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 乚, 一, ㇆, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lian4 - to refine/to smelt

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

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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