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    3. 煉

    煉

    煉ね.る

    refine metals

    NTScience & MathKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ね.る

    On'yomi

    レン

    refine metalskneading over fire

    火東

    火
    木
    日

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    Alternative forms of this concept

    灬

    Concepts using this kanji

    煉瓦

    brick

    煉丹術

    art of making elixirs (e.g. in Chinese trad. medicine)

    薬煉

    boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)

    木煉瓦

    wooden block

    煉丹

    elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)

    赤煉瓦

    red brick

    化粧煉瓦

    ornamental tile

    耐火煉瓦

    firebrick

    煉獄

    purgatory

    舗装煉瓦

    paving brick

    シャモット煉瓦

    chamotte brick

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 日
    • 木
    • 火

    is_used_in

    • 化粧煉瓦
    • 舗装煉瓦
    • 煉瓦
    • 煉獄
    • 木煉瓦
    • 耐火煉瓦
    • 煉丹
    • 煉丹術
    • シャモット煉瓦
    • 赤煉瓦
    • 薬煉

    Variants

    • 灬

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