16 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1

tempering, refine, drill, train, polish

Kun'yomi
  • to knead ②to polish (a plan, etc.) ③to walk in procession
On'yomi
  • レン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

レン 89.9%
10.1%

Character Breakdown

tempering, refine, drill
レン ね.る (8th, N1)
gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
to divide
east
トウ ひがし しの (2nd, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)

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References

Unicode hex code 932C
JIS X 0208 1-47-3
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8a8.3
Four corner code 8519.6
De Roo Code 2864