銑

See also 铣

Translingual

Han character

銑 (radical 167 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金竹土山 (CHGU), four-corner 8411₁)

1. mill
2. pig iron

References

• KangXi: page 1304, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40376
• Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4197, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9291

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Cantonese

Hanzi

銑 (simplified 铣, Yale sin2)

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Japanese

Kanji

銑 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. pig iron

Readings

• On: せん (sen)
• Kun: ずく (zuku)
• Nanori: さね (sane)

Compounds

• 銑鉄 (せんてつ, sentetsu): pig iron

Synonyms

• 鉄

References

JIS: 412D Kuten: 3313 Shift JIS: 914C EUC-JP: C1AD Frequency: not ranked Nelson: 4850

New Nelson: 6263 Halpern: 1726 Halpern Learners: 1137 Heisig: 270 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 8a6.6

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Usage notes

銑 was removed from the general use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government in 2010.

• The Japan Times (October 21, 2009). Get set for next year's overhaul of joyo kanji. Accessed February 23, 2010.

Noun

銑 (hiragana ずく, romaji zuku)

1. pig iron

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Korean

Hanja

銑 (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

銑 (simplified 铣, pinyin xiǎn (xian3), Wade-Giles hsien³)

1. shining metal

References

• MDBG Chinese-English dictionary, used per license