煉 – refine metals, kneading over fire

12 strokesJinmeiyō (names)N2 vocabulary

The kanji 煉 means refine metals, kneading over fire. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レン (ren); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ね.る (neru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	レン	ren
Kun’yomi	ね.る	neru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: ｜・一・火・日・ハ・木・田.

Words using 煉

煉瓦れんがbrick

Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照炎煙炭烈

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