U+932C "錬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+932C "錬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that also appears in Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja, primarily representing the concept of smelting, refining, or tempering metals, such as iron or steel. In its extended meanings, this character conveys the idea of training, polishing, or cultivating one's skills or character through persistent effort, much like the process of refining metal. In Japanese, it is used in words like "renshū" (practice) and "seiren" (refinement), while in Chinese it corresponds to the simplified character "炼" (liàn) and is associated with forging and purification. The character is composed of the radical "金" (metal, gold) on the left, indicating its material association, and the phonetic component "柬" on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation. Overall, U+932C embodies both literal metallurgy and metaphorical self-improvement across East Asian languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+932C
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	錬
HTML Hex Encoding	錬
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x8C 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x932C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000932C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u932c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kCNS1986	E-533B
kCNS1992	3-533B
kCangjie	CDW
kCantonese	lin6
kDaeJaweon	1813.050
kDefinition	smelt metals
kEACC	4B496A
kFourCornerCode	8519.6
kHangul	동:1
kHanYu	64216.100
kIICore	AJ
kIRGDaeJaweon	1813.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64216.100
kIRGKangXi	1312.090
kIRG_GSource	GE-5137
kIRG_HSource	H-90A2
kIRG_JSource	J0-4F23
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-80A7
kIRG_KSource	K1-5D5F
kIRG_TSource	T3-533B
kJapanese	レン トウ ツ カン ねる
kJoyoKanji	2010
kJapaneseKun	NERU
kJapaneseOn	REN
kJis0	4703
kKangXi	1312.090
kKorean	TONG LYEN
kMandarin	liàn
kMojiJoho	MJ026994
kMorohashi	40576
kNelson	4881
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+4041+167.8.8
kRSUnicode	167.8
kTotalStrokes	16
kUnihanCore2020	HJ