練

Meaning

Practice, train, knead · practicar, entrenar

Readings

• On (音読み): レン
• Kun (訓読み): ね.る

Example words

• 練習（れんしゅう）— practice
• 訓練（くんれん）— training; drill
• 練る（ねる）— to knead; polish (a plan)

Structure

Radical 糸 (いと・いとへん · Thread) · 14 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

練習する = practice a skill (piano, kanji, conversation); 勉強する = study a subject. Spanish practicar / estudiar — same split. Thread (糸) + 東: raw silk refined by boiling. Same レン as 連 (連絡) — don't swap them.