鉄 – iron

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The kanji 鉄 means iron. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テツ (tetsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くろがね (kurogane). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 金 (no. 167).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テツ	tetsu
Kun’yomi	くろがね	kurogane

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 金 (Kangxi radical 167). Components: ノ・金・二・矢・大・乞.

Words using 鉄

地下鉄ちかてつsubway鉄てつiron (Fe)鉄道てつどうrailroad私鉄してつprivate railway鉄橋てっきょうrailway bridge鉄砲てっぽうgun製鉄せいてつiron manufacture鉄鋼てっこうiron and steel鉄棒てつぼうiron rod

Example sentences

地下鉄で行きたいのです。

I want to get there by subway.

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鉄は最も有用な金属です。

Iron is the most useful metal.

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我々は鉄道施設の契約をした。

We were contracted to build a railway.

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Kanji with the same radical

金銀針録鈴銭銃鋼鎖鉱鑑銘鋭銅鏡釣

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