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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)

siderophile element

railway telephone

railway police

railway police

railway police officer (pre-1987)

鉄道警察隊てつどうけいさつたい

railway police (Japan)

鉄合金てつごうきん

ferroalloy

合金鉄ごうきんてつ

ferroalloy

鉄骨構造てっこつこうぞう

steel-frame construction

toroidal core

municipal subway

armored horse

composite vessel construction (wood, iron, etc.)

軽量鉄骨けいりょうてっこつ

light gauge steel

軽量鉄骨構造けいりょうてっこつこうぞう

light gauge steel construction

単軌鉄道たんきてつどう

monorail

鉄砲責めてっぽうぜめ

form of torture in which molten lead is poured over the victim's back

鉄道ファンてつどうファン

train buff

鉄オタてつオタ

railfan

鉄板ネタてっぱんネタ

no-fail joke

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