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

火huǒ · fire

柬jiǎn · select

炼=

4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 炼

炼 handwriting practice worksheet preview

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5.

How to Use 炼

Refining and tempering

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

HSK 3

6.

Example Sentences

tā他

měi每

tiān天

zǎo早

chén晨

duàn锻

liàn

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火huǒ · fire

+柬jiǎn · select

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

炼

shēn身

tǐ体

。

He exercises every morning

Chuàng创

yè业

chū初

qī期

de的

kùn困

nán难

jiǎn简

zhí直

shì是

yī一

chǎng场

liàn炼

yù狱

。

The difficulties in the early stages of starting a business were simply an ordeal.

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

piān篇

wén文

zhāng章

xū需

yào要

jīng精

liàn炼

yī一

xià下

。

This article needs to be refined a bit.

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