煉 = 火 + 柬

煉 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “smelt”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 柬 (letter).

Keyword: smelt
Pinyin (Mandarin): liàn
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: smelt, refine, расплавить, усовершенствовать, refine
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 煉 firing

Decomposition

ids

火 fire
柬 letter

How to find 煉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “letter”. 煉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 煉 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.