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鍛

JLPT N1 17 strokes Frequency: #1793

Meanings

Forge, Discipline, Train

Radicals

釒

Decomposition

⿰釒段

Etymology

Pictophonetic: metal

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 17

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot bottom-right-to-top-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 vertical right-to-left

11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 rising bottom-to-top

14 diagonal top-to-bottom

15 corner right-to-left

16 corner right-to-left

17 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

タン tan

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

きた kita

Words Using This Kanji

21 words total

Other (20 words)

鍛えるきたえる

to forge

blacksmithing

鍛工たんこう

metal worker

鍛え上げるきたえあげる

to temper thoroughly

鍛錬たんれん

tempering (metal)

刀鍛冶かたなかじ

swordsmith

鍛鉄たんてつ

tempering iron

鍛鋼たんこう

forged steel

鍛接たんせつ

forge welding

鍛造たんぞう

forging

鍛冶屋かじや

smith

鍛成たんせい

cultivation

鋳鍛鋼ちゅうたんこう

cast and forged steel

鉄は熱いうちに鍛えよてつはあついうちにきたえよ

strike while the iron is hot

鍛えきたえ

forging

鍛冶場かじば

blacksmith's workshop

鍛金たんきん

hammering

型鍛造かたたんぞう

die forging

自己鍛錬じこたんれん

self-discipline

鍛え抜くきたえぬく

to train thoroughly (one's body, muscles, etc.)

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