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鉄

JLPT N2 SL3 13 strokes Frequency: #672

Meanings

Iron

Radicals

釒

Decomposition

⿰釒失

Etymology

Pictophonetic: metal

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 dot bottom-to-top

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 rising bottom-to-top

9 diagonal right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 diagonal top-to-bottom

13 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

テツ tetsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くろがね kurogane

Words Using This Kanji

336 words total

Other (20 words)

狭軌鉄道きょうきてつどう

narrow-gauge railway

剣付き鉄砲けんつきでっぽう

fixed bayonet

砂鉄さてつ

iron sand

甲鉄板こうてつばん

armor plate

甲鉄艦こうてつかん

armored ship

甲鉄こうてつ

armor

鋼鉄こうてつ

steel

国鉄こくてつ

national railway

索条鉄道さくじょうてつどう

cable railway

私鉄してつ

private railway

製鉄せいてつ

iron manufacture

銑鉄せんてつ

pig iron

地下鉄ちかてつ

subway

鋳鉄ちゅうてつ

cast iron

鉄管てっかん

iron pipe

鉄工所てっこうじょ

ironworks

鉄骨工事てっこつこうじ

steel-frame construction work

鉄則てっそく

ironclad rule

鉄分てつぶん

iron (content)

黄鉄鉱おうてっこう

iron pyrites

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