練 — practice, gloss, train

れん練 practice

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+7DF4 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #788 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1443 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

practice
gloss
train
drill
polish
refine

word

れん ren On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

練(れん) ren practice 練(れん) 習(しゅう) renshuu practice 訓(くん) 練(れん) kunren training 試(し) 練(れん) shiren trial 洗(せん) 練(れん) senren refinement 熟(じゅく) 練(れん) jukuren skill

ね ne Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

練(ね) る neru to knead

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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ひがし東 east

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