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煉 = 火 + 東

煉 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “firing”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 東 (east). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2601.

Keyword
firing
RTK frame
2601
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
レン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ね.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
refine metals, стрелять
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
煉 smelt

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 火 fire
  2. 東 east

How to find 煉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “east”. 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.