Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    training; drilling; strengthening

  2. use of alchemy; producing (gold, etc.) with alchemy

    in modern fiction

Also written 練成【れんせい】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tempering, refine, drill, train, polish

Kun
ね.る
On
レン
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2221 of 2500
Radical
gold
WaniKani
Level 46

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-8-8SKIP code
8a8.3The Kanji Dictionary
8519.6Four corner code
2864deroo
932cUnicode hex code
1-47-03JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4881Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6300New Nelson (John Haig)
1741New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2185Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1146Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1553Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2030Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2186Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1847A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1872Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40576Morohashi
1933A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1816Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1965Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1853Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1861Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1602Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1829Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2049Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lian4Pinyin reading
ryeonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
46WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach

Kun
な.るな.す-な.す
On
セイジョウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
116 of 2500
Radical
spear
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

あきあきらしげそんたえなおなりなるのりひらまさよし

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-6-4, 3-5-1SKIP code
4n2.1The Kanji Dictionary
5320.0Four corner code
1459deroo
6210Unicode hex code
1-32-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1799Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2025New Nelson (John Haig)
3537New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4352Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2964Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
361Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
386Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
115A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
322Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
224Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11542PMorohashi
515A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
261Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
439sakade
549Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
545henshall3
466Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
160crowley
377Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
836Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
367Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cheng2Pinyin reading
seongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level