Dong Chinese dictionary

liàn

smelt

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 煉.

Components

火 Meaning component

huǒ

fire

柬 Sound component

jiǎn

letter

Shorthand derived from the cursive form of the traditional 柬 component.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

liàn

smelt, refine; distill, condense; to refine; to smelt

liàn

variant of 鏈|链[liàn], chain; variant of 煉|炼[liàn]

Most common words with 炼

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