Chinese Character 练 Meanings and components.

Form

练

Meaning

练 meaning[3] in English

To Practice.

To Train.

To Drill.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 练 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (纟) , and (𫠣)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VMKVC

How to write 练

To write练lian4to practice you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 𫠣𫠣 arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 𫠣 = 练

练 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 练 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 练, looks as follow:

练
Pinyin:lian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Practice . To Train . To Drill . To Perfect (One'S Skill) . Exercise . (Literary) White Silk . To Boil And Scour Raw Silk
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
𫠣
Pinyin:𫠣

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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