Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

788 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine

Kunyomi: ね.る ね.り

Onyomi: レン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いとへん

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

習する(れんしゅうする)   practice

する(くんれんする)   train

する(じゅくれんする)   become skilled

(しれん)   trial

る(ねる)   knead, work over

Onyomi Examples

レンシュウ practice, training, drill, (an) exercise, workout

レンタツ expert(ise), skill, dexterity

シュウレン training, drill, practice, practising, discipline

スイレン swimming practice

Kunyomi Examples

ねる to knead, to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame), to polish (a plan, etc.), to refine, to elaborate, to work out, to train, to drill, to exercise, to gloss (silk), to soften, to degum, to tan (leather), to temper (steel), to walk in procession, to parade, to march

ねり kneading, gloss, tempering, paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste), parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals

り上げる ねりあげる to knead well, to polish, to refine