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鉄 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「金」

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8Elementary year 3 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「金」
On
テツてつ · tetsu
Kun
—
Meaning
iron

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

金 (metal) + 失 (phonetic) — a hard, strong metal: iron.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onテツてつtetsu鉄道てつどう鉄筋てっきん鋼鉄こうてつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鉄道てつどう

    railway

  • 地下鉄ちかてつ

    subway

More words with this kanji

  • 鉄橋てっきょう
  • 鉄骨てっこつ
  • 鉄筋てっきん
  • 鋼鉄こうてつ
  • 鉄棒てつぼう
  • 鉄砲てっぽう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

電車(でんしゃ)の レールは 鉄(てつ)で できています。

Train rails are made of iron.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

地下鉄地下鉄鉄道鉄下down地ground道road銀silver金gold釘nail針needle釜iron…屮a spro…佚to esc…迭altern…咥to hol…垤anthil…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 金Map of reading テツAll maps

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