Hanja Analyzer
練

練 — ryeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
익힐 련
Romanization
ryeon
English
practice, drill, exercise, train
Mandarin
liàn
Japanese on'yomi
レン
Japanese kun'yomi
ね.る ね.り
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#788 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
糸 (120, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+7DF4

Parts that make up 練

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 東 동녘 동 양 끝을 묶은 자루동쪽. ‘동·진’ 계열의 소리

How 練 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 練 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 柬.

Korean example words with 練

  • 숙련熟練 Korean gloss: 연습을 많이 하여 능숙하게 익힘
  • 훈련訓練 Korean gloss: 기본자세나 동작 따위를 되풀이하여 익힘
  • 세련洗練 Korean gloss: 서투르거나 어색한 데가 없이 능숙하고 미끈하게 갈고닦음
  • 연마하다練磨 Korean gloss: 학문이나 기술 따위를 힘써 배우고 닦다
  • 수련하다修練 Korean gloss: 인격, 기술, 학문 따위를 닦아서 단련하다
  • 연습되다練習 Korean gloss: 학문이나 기예 따위가 익숙해지도록 되풀이되어 익혀지다
  • 조련하다調練 Korean gloss: 군인으로서 전투에 필요한 여러 가지 동작이나 작업 따위를 훈련하다
  • 맹연습猛練習 Korean gloss: 맹렬한 연습
  • 연수차練修次 Korean gloss: 연수를 하기 위한 목적
  • 맹훈련猛訓練 Korean gloss: 강하고 세차게 하는 훈련
  • 연습장練習帳 Korean gloss: 연습하는 데에 쓰는 공책
  • 미숙련未熟練 Korean gloss: 아직 일을 능숙하게 익히지 못함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 練

  • 練習れんしゅう practice; training; drill
  • 訓練くんれん training; drill; practice
  • 試練しれん test; trial; ordeal
  • 練りねり kneading; gloss; tempering
  • 熟練じゅくれん skill; expertise; experience
  • 未練みれん lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret
  • 老練ろうれん experienced; veteran; skilled
  • 練るねる to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.)
  • 練り上げるねりあげる to knead well; to polish; to refine
  • 修練しゅうれん training; drill; practice
  • 練り直すねりなおす to knead again; to rework; to revise
  • 洗練せんれん refinement; polish

Other hanja read “련”

Other hanja with radical 糸

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