鍊
liàn HSK7

smelt metals

炼 煉 liàn frequency
variant 鍊
to refine verb
To heat a substance to remove impurities, extract a component, or strengthen it; to smelt, refine, or temper

棕榈油是怎样炼成的？

zōng​lǘ​yóu shì zěn​yàng liàn chéng de?

How is Palm Oil made?

to polish
To carefully polish or refine writing to make it concise and precise
surname
A Chinese surname
鍊 liàn
to smelt
To refine metal, oil, or other materials by heating or chemical processes to remove impurities; also refers to refining medicinal pills through long boiling.
to polish
To carefully choose and refine words or sentences to make them precise and elegant.
to temper
To improve one's character, skills, or physical constitution through rigorous practice or experience.
surname
A Chinese surname.
炼 鍊 liàn
chain
A series of metal links or cable connected together, such as a 铁链 tiě​liàn or 锁链 suǒ​liàn.
to chain
to fasten or restrain with a chain; to enchain
chain (unit)
a unit of length, either a nautical cable (approx. 185m) or a surveying chain (approx. 20m)

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Frequency
Character
Written text
7,691st most common 0.026 per million
Movie subtitles
5,633rd most common 0.020 per million appears in 0% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.88 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
18.1 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
𫔀
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+934A

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)