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9 strokes13 strokes
Character #976 · The First 1000

liàn

refine/smelt

to refine; to smelt

Strokes
913
TraditionalSimplified
煉 炼
Poster cell
X35
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • duànliàn to exercise; to toughen
  • tíliàn to extract
  • xiūliàn to practice asceticism
  • yěliàn to smelt metal
  • liànzhì (chemistry) to refine
  • liànyóu to refine crude oil
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 炼煉

Write 炼煉 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, liàn, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell X35 · 28 × 36 grid

炼煉 is #976 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 炼 mean in English?
炼 (liàn) means "refine/smelt": to refine; to smelt.
How do you pronounce 炼?
炼 is pronounced liàn in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄌㄧㄢˋ.
How many strokes does 炼 have?
The simplified form, 炼, has 9 strokes. The traditional form, 煉, has 13.
What is the traditional form of 炼?
The traditional form of 炼 is 煉. 炼 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 煉 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 炼?
Common words that use 炼 include 锻炼 (duànliàn, to exercise; to toughen), 提炼 (tíliàn, to extract), 修炼 (xiūliàn, to practice asceticism), 冶炼 (yěliàn, to smelt metal).
How common is 炼?
炼 is number 976 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell X35 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.