liàn
practice
Original meaning:
boil and scour raw silk
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "boil and scour raw silk" to make it softer and whiter. The meaning later shifted to "to make perfect" and "to practice". Simplified form of 練.
Seal script
Clerical script
Traditional script
Simplified script