Memory phrase for the character: 练

练

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Meaning

to train, practice, drill, to perfect (one's skill)

Pronunciation

liàn

Explanation

 Left: thread 纟/糸, right: variation of east 东/東 (Behind a tree 木 the sun 日 rises in the east)

Mnemonic
 
(With endurance, like a long) thread and from the early morning (= the sun is still behind the trees) we already shall do our training.

Radicals

糸 threadIt has in its upper part the radical "short thread" 幺.
東 eastIn this radical, the sun rises 日 behind a tree 木 in the east. The radical has been simplified to 东.




 Vocabulary

练习 liàn xí  exercise; drill; practice
训练 xùn liàn  to train; to drill; training
熟练 shú liàn  practiced; proficient; skilled; skillful
谙练 ān liàn  conversant; skilled; proficient
谙练 ān liàn  

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