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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
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.