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Translingual
Han character
鍊 (Kangxi radical 167, 金 +9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金木田火 (CDWF ), four-corner 85196 , composition ⿰釒 柬 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1313 , character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40602
Dae Jaweon: page 1814, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4228, character 14
Unihan data for U+934A
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
蘭
*ɡ·raːn
攔
*ɡ·raːn
欄
*ɡ·raːn
瀾
*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕
*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌
*ɡ·raːn
韊
*ɡ·raːn
幱
*ɡ·raːn
籣
*ɡ·raːn
躝
*ɡ·raːn
爛
*ɡ·raːns
爤
*ɡ·raːns
鑭
*ɡ·raːns
糷
*ɡ·raːns
斕
*ɡ·reːn
揀
*kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬
*kreːnʔ
暕
*kreːnʔ
諫
*kraːns
練
*ɡ·reːns
鍊
*ɡ·reːns
煉
*ɡ·reːns
楝
*ɡ·reːns
萰
*ɡ·reːns
堜
*ɡ·reːns
湅
*ɡ·reːns
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ɡ·reːns ) : semantic 金 ( “ metal ” ) + phonetic 柬 ( OC *kreːnʔ) .
Etymology 1
trad.
鍊
simp.
炼 *
nonstandard simp.
𫔀
alternative forms
煉 / 炼 especially for figurative meanings 錬
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
鍊
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
liàn
Middle Chinese
‹ lenH ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁen-s/
English
refine (metal)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
鍊
Reading #
1/1
No.
6142
Phonetic component
柬
Rime group
元
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
練
Old Chinese
/*ɡ·reːns/
Definitions
鍊
to smelt ; to refine
( figurative ) to measure (one's words ); to polish (one's wording )
( figurative ) to temper ; to steel ; to cultivate
a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 鍊 – see 鏈 (“chain ; wire ; cable ; chain ; shack ; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鏈 ).
Japanese
Kanji
鍊
(Jinmeiyō kanji , kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 錬 )
to smelt (metals )
to forge
to refine
Readings
Korean
Hanja
鍊 (eumhun 불릴 련 ( bullil ryeon ) , word-initial (South Korea) 불릴 연 ( bullil yeon ) )
hanja form? of 련 /연 ( “ smelt metals , forge ” )
hanja form? of 련 /연 ( “ refine ” )
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
鍊 : Hán Nôm readings: luyện , rèn , rén
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