to refine / to smelt

= + + : Li Qingzhao (li) is smelting (炼) the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower (东) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) to make a pendant out of it. She put the tower on a big fire (火) and blows air into the fire using a flute (一).
variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4]

= + + : Li Qingzhao (li) is smelting (炼) the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower (东) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) to make a pendant out of it. She put the tower on a big fire (火) and blows air into the fire using a flute (一).

炼 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
surname Dong

= + : Doggy Dog wants to build a model of the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower in front of the engine. He has a model tower as guide, and a seven-branched laser sword as well as a daisy as building blocks.
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

= + : Doggy Dog wants to build a model of the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower in front of the engine. He has a model tower as guide, and a seven-branched laser sword as well as a daisy as building blocks.
surname Huo
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

= + : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).

Characters with 炼 as component

炼 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 炼

(of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism
to smelt metal
(chemistry) to refine
to refine / refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc)
variant of 洗練|洗练[xi3 lian4]
to parch and refine medicinal herbs
eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
maker of immortality pill / concocting magic pills
to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision
to polish a phrase
condensed milk
to craft one's words
coking / the process of producing coke from coal
a delicacy (food)
lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect
a furnace for smelting metal
variant of 凝練|凝练[ning2 lian4]
after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life

Sentences with 炼

zhè
tài
shàng
lǎo
ju̅n
liàn
da̅n
de
dì
fang