Question

鉄 くろがね iron 2 672 13 167 かね・かねへん 形声 Phonetic Iron is a metal that gradually becomes lost due to oxidation and rust. 846

Accepted Answer

テツ けん, てっ 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 3 金: gold失: lose; error; fault; disadvantage; loss 金 8 鐵 iron 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.).

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.).
RTK Index	846

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Iron Pig Iron Railway 鉄テツくろがねけんてっ