練

See also: 练, 煉, and 鍊
練 U+7DF4, 練
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DF4
← 緳
[U+7DF3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 緵 →
[U+7DF5]

練 U+F996, 練
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F996
← 秊
[U+F995] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 聯 →
[U+F997]
練 U+FA57, 練
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA57
← 節
[U+FA56] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 縉 →
[U+FA58]
練 U+FAB0, 練
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAB0
← 絛
[U+FAAF] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 缾 →
[U+FAB1]

Translingual
Traditional 練
Simplified 练
Japanese 練
Korean 練

Alternative forms

Han character

練 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9 in Chinese and Korean, 糸+8 in Japanese, 15 strokes in Chinese and Korean, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 女火木田火 (VFDWF), four-corner 25996, composition ⿰糹柬 or ⿰糹東)

Derived characters
  • 𭌈, 𬚎

References

Chinese
trad. 練
simp. 练

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 練
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (柬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蘭 *ɡ·raːn
攔 *ɡ·raːn
欄 *ɡ·raːn
瀾 *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕 *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌 *ɡ·raːn
韊 *ɡ·raːn
幱 *ɡ·raːn
籣 *ɡ·raːn
躝 *ɡ·raːn
爛 *ɡ·raːns
爤 *ɡ·raːns
鑭 *ɡ·raːns
糷 *ɡ·raːns
斕 *ɡ·reːn
揀 *kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬 *kreːnʔ
暕 *kreːnʔ
諫 *kraːns
練 *ɡ·reːns
鍊 *ɡ·reːns
煉 *ɡ·reːns
楝 *ɡ·reːns
萰 *ɡ·reːns
堜 *ɡ·reːns
湅 *ɡ·reːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡ·reːns) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 柬 (OC *kreːnʔ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • liang7 - Shantou;
  • liêng7 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 練
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /lenH/
Wang
Li		 /lienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 liàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 lin6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 練
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 liàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lenH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]ˁen-s/
English sized white silk

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 練
Reading # 1/1
No. 6141
Phonetic
component		 柬
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 練
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡ·reːns/

Definitions

練

  1. (literary) white silk
  2. (literary) to boil and scour raw silk
  3. to practice; to drill; to exercise; to train
    練鋼琴／练钢琴  ―  liàn gāngqín  ―  to practise the piano
    練腹肌／练腹肌  ―  liàn fùjī  ―  to train one's rectus abdominis
  4. experienced; familiar
    老練／老练  ―  lǎoliàn  ―  experienced; seasoned
  5. a surname

Compounds
Derived terms from 練

Japanese
Shinjitai 練
Kyūjitai
[1]
練
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or
練+&#xFE01;?
練󠄀
練+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
練󠄃
練+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
練

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 練)

  1. practice, train, drill
  2. polish, gloss
  3. refine

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

References
  1. “練”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

Korean

Hanja

練 (eumhun 익힐 련 (ikhil ryeon), South Korea 익힐 연 (ikhil yeon))

  1. Hanja form? of 련/연 (“practice”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

練: Hán Nôm readings: luyện, lén, lẹn, rén, rịn

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