炼

Traditional form:

鍊

Pinyin (reading):

liàn

Definitions:

• variant of 鏈／链 (liàn), chain
• variant of 煉／炼 (liàn)

Characters:

• 炼 - to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense

Traditional characters:

• 鍊 - smelt metals, forge; refine