Memory phrase for the character: 炼

炼

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Meaning

to smelt, to refine, to distill

Pronunciation

liàn

Explanation

 Left: fire 火, right: east 东/東 (= The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)

Mnemonic
 
With fire and early in the morning [The sun is still behind the tree] we start smelting (the steel).

Radicals

火 fireAlso this radical 灬 stands for fire.
東 eastIn this radical, the sun rises 日 behind a tree 木 in the east. The radical has been simplified to 东.




 Vocabulary

炼钢 liàn gāng  steel making
锻炼 duàn liàn  to engage in physical exercise; to work out; to toughen; to temper
熔炼 róng liàn  to smelt
冶炼 yě liàn  to smelt metal
炼丹八卦炉 liàn dān bā guà lú  eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
炼丹八卦炉 liàn dān bā guà lú  

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