练
練liàn
#1,003 most
frequent character
practice, train
verb
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
练 has 纟 silk for meaning and a part read jiǎn that supplies the sound. It first meant boiling raw silk or cloth until white. From purifying, the meaning grew to practicing or training. In Simplified Chinese, 纟 stands for 糸, and 练 without 纟 stands for 柬 in a few characters.
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Example Sentences
我每天练习中文。
wǒ měitiān liànxí zhōngwén 。
I practice Chinese every day.
他正在练琴。
tā zhèngzài liànqín 。
He is training on the piano.
我们需要练习我们的口语。
wǒmen xūyào liànxí wǒmen de kǒuyǔ 。
We need to practice our speaking.
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