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錬 means 'temper (metal)'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 2216   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-42    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 11 words   Used in 23 words   Used in 61 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   レン
Additional readings
Kun    ねる tempering, refine, drill, train, polish
Variants
鍊  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 錬 - click the badge to download
With 錬 there's a relentless push to improve. People use 錬 to convey becoming more skilled, more focused, more physically fit, and more high achieving. We will seldom see 錬 in relation to metalwork. Instead it typically refers to training oneself or others. The discipline and training embodied by 錬 are paramount for everyone from chefs to those climbing corporate ladders.
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⿰  金 gold  東 east  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 錬 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 錬 is used 21 times, read 2 ways.
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レン : 18 words FIND ALL
れ ん き ん じ ゅ つ 3
noun
1. alchemy
2. making big money (implied, by dubious means)
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ねる : 3 words FIND ALL
ね り 2
Most common form: 練り
noun, noun (suffix)
1. kneading; gloss; tempering
noun or verb acting prenominally, noun
2. paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste)
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Additional data
Henshall: 1933  Joy o' Kanji : 1933  Key to Kanji: - 

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錬
レン    temper, forge   
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東
トウ   ひがし east   
金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丷
eight
王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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