Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
tempering, refine, drill, train, polish
Kun:
ね.る
On:
レン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2221 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 錬金術師 【レンキンジュツシ】 alchemist
  • 錬金術 【レンキンジュツ】 alchemy, way of making money, moneymaker, money-spinner
  • 修練 【シュウレン】 training, drill, practice, practising, discipline
  • 精錬 【セイレン】 refining, refinement, smelting, training

Kun reading compounds

  • 練る 【ねる】 to knead, to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame), to polish (a plan, etc.), to refine, to elaborate, to work out, to train, to drill, to exercise, to gloss (silk), to soften, to degum, to tan (leather), to temper (steel), to walk in procession, to parade, to march
  • 錬る 【ねる】 to temper (steel)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian4
Korean:
ryeon

Spanish

  • forjar
  • refinar
  • disciplinar
  • pulir

Portuguese

  • tempera
  • refinar
  • broca
  • treinar
  • polir

French

  • endurcir
  • améliorer
  • entrainer
  • perfectionner
  • écrouir
1933 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1847 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4881 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1872 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1853 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1816 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1965 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1602 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1829 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2185 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1146 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1553 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2049 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40576 Morohashi
1741 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6300 New Nelson (John Haig)
2030 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2186 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1861 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2864 2001 Kanji
8a8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8519.6 Four corner code
1-47-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
932c Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
iron
Kun:
くろがね
On:
テツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
672 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鉄 【テツ】 iron (Fe), steel, iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.), railway, railway enthusiast
  • 鉄製 【テッセイ】 made of iron
  • 国鉄 【コクテツ】 national railway, Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
  • 新日本製鐵 【シンニッポンセイテツ】 Nippon Steel Corporation

Kun reading compounds

  • 黒金 【くろがね】 iron

Readings

Japanese names:
けん、 てっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tie3
Korean:
cheol

Spanish

  • hierro
  • acero

Portuguese

  • ferro

French

  • fer
283 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
374 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
353 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
327 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4844 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
242 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
976 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1948 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
312 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
312 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
147 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1814 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2147 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1126 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1527 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
854 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40285 Morohashi
1711 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6253 New Nelson (John Haig)
846 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
909 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
449 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
422 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2863 2001 Kanji
8a5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
8513.0 Four corner code
1-37-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9244 Unicode hex code