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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
liàn - to refine
- to smelt
liàn - variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain
- variant of 煉|炼[lian4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 14,938 5,743 8,187

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Fire

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
锻炼 3 4 4,303 3,226 3,120
炼狱 - - 12,347 38,228 32,202
- 8 14,938 5,743 8,187
提炼 6 8 17,620 15,137 22,481
炼油厂 - - 19,542 25,275 62,419
精炼 - - 20,576 20,345 33,430
炼金术 - - 24,471 - -
修炼 - - 28,045 7,762 8,268
磨炼 - - 37,360 26,367 22,100
炼铁 - - 38,699 31,692 84,423
炼钢 - - 42,945 24,276 58,635
炼丹 - - 54,682 33,045 49,628
炼乳 - - 54,683 59,330 28,609
熔炼 - - 55,836 38,030 102,103
冶炼 - - 55,837 13,654 49,965
炼焦炉 - - 73,380 - -
炼油 - - 80,476 18,186 35,391
炼化 - - 81,783 - -
炼制 - - 81,804 21,781 67,112