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Iron Pig Iron Railway 鉄 テツ くろがね けん てっ

Kanji
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
Radical Number 167
Radical Strokes 8
Radical Reading かね・かねへん
Traditional Form
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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