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U+9244, 鉄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9244

[U+9243]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9245]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 167, +5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金竹手人 (CHQO), composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40285
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4186, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+9244

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声): semantic + phonetic (OC *hliɡ).

Etymology 1[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“iron; railway; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 2[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to sew”).
(This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of ).

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. iron

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Kanji in this term
てつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC thet, “iron”). Compare modern Mandarin reading tiě, Hakka thiet.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(てつ) (tetsu

  1. iron, the metal and the metallic chemical element
  2. (more generally) steel
  3. (figuratively) a blade, a knife, a sword, a weapon
  4. (figuratively) something extremely strong
  5. short for 鉄色 (tetsu iro, steely black)
  6. short for 鉄砲 (teppō, literally “cannon”, but in this case, refers to the poisonous fugu blowfish or dishes made from it)
  7. short for 鉄道 (tetsudō, railway)
Idioms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
くろがね
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Compound of (kuro, black) +‎ (kane, metal).[2][1] The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare the black in English blacksmith.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(くろがね) (kurogane

  1. (archaic) iron
  2. (figuratively) something extremely strong

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
かね
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
かね1
[noun] money
[noun] metal
Alternative spellings
,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan