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炼

Traditional: 煉 · 鍊

liàn

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

liàn · lin6 (Jyutping)

  1. to refine
  2. to smelt
  3. variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain
  4. variant of 煉|炼[lian4]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

炼

Meaning
smelt, refine; distill, condense
Radical
火
Strokes
9
Components
⿰火柬
Cangjie
FJVD
Four-corner
9589

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