| Kanji | 鉄 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | テツ |
| Kunyomi | くろがね |
| Nanori | けん, てっ |
| English | iron |
| Examples | 鉄道(てつどう): railroad; railway; rail transport 鉄(てつ): iron 地下鉄(ちかてつ): underground train; subway 私鉄(してつ): private railway 製鉄(せいてつ): iron manufacture 鉄棒(てつぼう): iron rod; crowbar; horizontal bar (gymnastics) 鉄砲(てっぽう): (1) gun (2) wooden pole that sumo wrestlers strike in practice (practise) (3) fugu 鉄鋼(てっこう): iron and steel 鉄橋(てっきょう): railway bridge; iron bridge |
| JLPT Level | 2 |
| Jouyou Grade | 3 |
| Frequency | 672 |
| Components | 金: gold 失: lose; error; fault; disadvantage; loss |
| Number of Strokes | 13 |
| Kanji Radical | 金 |
| Radical Number | 167 |
| Radical Strokes | 8 |
| Radical Reading | かね・かねへん |
| Traditional Form | 鐵 |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | iron |
| Koohii Story 1 | Iron is a metal that gradually becomes lost due to oxidation and rust. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Compare with pig-iron (#270). In moving from pig-iron to iron, some of the metal´s maleability is LOST. (The only difference between the two kanji is that IRON has knee-less, unbending legs, while PIG-IRON (270) has very supple, bendable legs.). |
Tags: jlpt.n2, grade3, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_nature_substance
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