| 鍛 | |||
| forge metal; temper, refine | |||
| Radical | 金釒钅金 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 9 | Total Strokes | 17 |
| Mandarin reading | duàn | Cantonese reading | dyun3 |
| Japanese on reading | tan | Japanese kun reading | kitaeru |
| Korean reading | tan | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 锻 | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 煅 | ||
| 鍛 | [ duàn ] to forge, to discipline, wrought |
| 鍛造 | [ duàn zaò ] to forge (metal), forging |
| 鍛鍊 | [ duàn liàn ] to toughen, to temper, to engage in physical exercise, to work out, (fig.) to develop one's skills, to train oneself |
| 鍛鐵 | [ duàn tiě ] wrought iron |
| ⇒ 體育鍛煉 | [ tǐ yù duàn liàn ] physical exercise |