炼 (liàn): To smelt — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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HSK 3.0Vocab 7-9 Recognition 3

1.

Animated Stroke Order 炼

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 炼

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

炼

柬select

火fire

炼=

4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 炼

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5.

How to Use 炼

Common patterns, words, and short phrases that show how 炼 works in context.

Refining and tempering

Words describing the process of making something better, purer, or stronger through effort or heat.

HSK 3

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 炼 is used in context

tā他

měi每

tiān天

zǎo早

chén晨

duàn锻

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柬select

+火fire

Fire (火) refines and purifies something (柬) — to smelt or temper.

duàn锻

liàn炼

to engage in physical exercise

HSK 6

tí提

liàn炼

extract and refine

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

mó磨

liàn炼

temper

liàn

炼

shēn身

tǐ体

。

He exercises every morning

gōng工

rén人

men们

zhèng正

zài在

liàn炼

gāng钢

。

The workers are smelting steel.

kē科

xué学

jiā家

cóng从

zhí植

wù物

zhōng中

tí提

liàn炼

yào药

wù物

。

Scientists extract medicine from plants

zhè这

zuò座

gōng工

chǎng厂

zhuān专

mén门

liàn炼

gāng钢

。

This factory specializes in steelmaking

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