鉄 — iron | MojiMori

てつ鉄 iron

てつ

U+9244 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #672 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #909 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

iron

Readings

On'yomi: てつ tetsu
Kun'yomi: くろがね kurogane

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てつ tetsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

鉄(てつ) tetsu iron 鉄(てつ) 道(どう) tetsudou railroad 地(ち) 下(か) 鉄(てつ) chikatetsu subway 国(こく) 鉄(てつ) kokutetsu national railway 近(きん) 鉄(てつ) kintetsu Kintetsu (railway company) 鉄(てつ) 人(じん) tetsujin iron man 電(でん) 鉄(てつ) dentetsu electric railway 市(し) 営(えい) 地(ち) 下(か) 鉄(てつ) shieichikatetsu municipal subway

てっ te

鉄(てっ) 工(こう) tekkou ironworking 鉄(てっ) 板(ぱん) teppan iron plate 鉄(てっ) 橋(きょう) tekkyou railway bridge 鉄(てっ) 製(せい) tessei made of iron 鉄(てっ) 鋼(こう) tekkou steel 鉄(てっ) 骨(こつ) tekkotsu steel frame 鉄(てっ) 筋(きん) tekkin rebar 鉄(てっ) 砲(ぽう) teppou gun

Words by frequency and grade

21 words

Each dot is a word containing 鉄: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 12 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

おかね金 gold #167

しつ失 lose

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#167 金 metal