鉄

See also 鐵, and 铁

Translingual

shinjitai	鉄
simplified	铁
traditional	鐵

Alternative forms

• 銕
• 鐡
• 鋨
• 锇
• 鉃

Han character

鉄 (radical 167 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金竹手人 (CHQO), composition ⿰金失)

1. iron, Fe
2. strong, solid, firm

References

• KangXi: page 1300, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40285
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4186, character 14
• Unihan data for U+9244

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Japanese

Noun

鉄 (kyūjitai 鐵, hiragana てつ, romaji tetsu)
or literally 鉄 (hiragana くろがね, romaji kurogane)

1. iron, steel
2. iron, Fe

Kanji

鉄 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. iron

Readings

• Go'on: てち, (techi)
• Kan'on: てつ (tetsu)
• Kun: くろがね (kurogane)
• Nanori: けん (ken), てっ (tetsu)

Compounds

• 地下鉄: subway, underground railway