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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 (16 words)

満鉄まんてつ

South Manchurian Railway (abbr)

相鉄本線そうてつほんせん

Sōtetsu Main Line

鉄血勤皇隊てっけつきんのうたい

Blood and Iron Student Corps (Okinawa, 1945)

都営地下鉄とえいちかてつ

Toei Subway

会津小鉄会あいづこてつかい

Aizukotetsu-kai (yakuza syndicate)

台鉄たいてつ

Taiwan Railways Administration (abbr)

名鉄めいてつ

Nagoya Railroad Co. (abbr)

名古屋鉄道なごやてつどう

Nagoya Railroad Co.

箱根登山鉄道鋼索線はこねとざんてつどうこうさくせん

Hakone Tōzan Cable Car

仙台市地下鉄せんだいしちかてつ

Sendai Subway

京福電気鉄道けいふくでんきてつどう

Keifuku Electric Railroad

相鉄新横浜線そうてつしんよこはません

Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line

国鉄労働組合こくてつろうどうくみあい

National Railway Workers' Union

銀河鉄道の夜ぎんがてつどうのよる

Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa)

日本製鉄にっぽんせいてつ

Nippon Steel

日鉄にってつ

Nippon Steel (abbr)

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