Read Edit View history 練 liàn HSK2 practice Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "boil and scour raw silk" to make it softer and whiter. The meaning later shifted to "to make perfect" and "to practice". Pinyin Separate values with commas liàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 练 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 糹 is a component form of 糸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 練 Simp strokes 練 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 練 Simp strokes 練 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 練 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 226, 774 ], [ 243, 758 ], [ 258, 726 ], [ 149, 530 ], [ 142, 497 ], [ 215, 504 ], [ 235, 509 ], [ 252, 523 ] ], [ [ 307, 635 ], [ 328, 597 ], [ 259, 480 ], [ 178, 371 ], [ 173, 333 ], [ 209, 333 ], [ 297, 369 ], [ 306, 364 ] ], [ [ 291, 428 ], [ 338, 379 ], [ 353, 353 ] ], [ [ 67, 191 ], [ 117, 116 ], [ 128, 67 ] ], [ [ 183, 238 ], [ 231, 188 ], [ 239, 157 ] ], [ [ 292, 290 ], [ 338, 249 ], [ 348, 219 ] ], [ [ 479, 661 ], [ 503, 656 ], [ 541, 660 ], [ 671, 700 ], [ 723, 703 ] ], [ [ 392, 552 ], [ 416, 531 ], [ 426, 513 ], [ 468, 338 ] ], [ [ 436, 550 ], [ 459, 540 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