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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)

limonite

chromite

ilmenite

iron chloride

iron grill

percussion hammer

maglev train

超電導磁気浮上式鉄道ちょうでんどうじきふじょうしきてつどう

superconducting maglev train

常電導磁気浮上式鉄道じょうでんどうじきふじょうしきてつどう

non-superconducting maglev train

(iron) dumbbells

andradite

will of iron

will of iron

steel maker

sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (March 20, 1995)

鉄道工事てつどうこうじ

railroad construction work

鉄砲虫てっぽうむし

longhorn beetle grub

鉄は熱いうちに打ててつはあついうちにうて

strike while the iron is hot

鉄ちりてっちり

boiled fugu dish (served with ponzu dipping sauce)

黄鉄鉱おうてっこう

iron pyrites

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