鉄
Translingual
Traditional | 鐵 |
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Shinjitai | 鉄 |
Simplified | 铁 |
Han character
鉄 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金竹手人 (CHQO), composition ⿰金失)
References
- 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
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 釒 + phonetic 失 (OC *hliɡ).
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄 – see 鐵 (“iron; railway; etc.”). (This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of 鐵). |
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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄 – see 紩 (“to sew”). (This character is a variant form of 紩). |
Japanese
鉄 | |
鐵 |
Kanji
(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鐵)
Readings
- Go-on: てち (techi)
- Kan-on: てつ (tetsu, Jōyō)
- Kun: くろがね (kurogane, 鉄); かね (kane, 鉄)
- Nanori: けん (ken); てつ (tetsu)
Compounds
- 鉄扇 (tessen): A Japanese war fan
- 地下鉄 (chikatetsu): subway, underground railway
Etymology 1
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Previous: マンガン (mangan) (Mn) | |
Next: コバルト (kobaruto) (Co) |
Kanji in this term |
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鉄 |
てつ Grade: 3 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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鐵 (kyūjitai) |
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 鐵 (MC thet, “iron”). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin reading tiě, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hakka thiet.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- iron, the metal and the metallic chemical element
- (more generally) steel
- (figuratively) a blade, a knife, a sword, a weapon
- (figuratively) something extremely strong
- short for 鉄色 (tetsu iro, “steely black”)
- short for 鉄砲 (teppō, literally “cannon”, but in this case, refers to the poisonous fugu blowfish or dishes made from it)
Idioms
- 鉄は熱いうちに打て (tetsu wa atsui uchi ni ute): “strike while the iron is hot”
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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鉄 |
くろがね Grade: 3 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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鐵 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 黒 (kuro, “black”) + 金 (kane, “metal”).[1][2] The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare the black in English blacksmith.
Pronunciation
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Alternative forms
Noun
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Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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鉄 |
かね Grade: 3 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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鐵 (kyūjitai) |
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Japanese.[1]
The four kanji spellings of this term, 金 (“gold”), 銀 (“silver”), 銅 (“copper”), and 鉄 (“iron”), hint at the importance of each of these four metals in ancient Japan.[1]
Pronunciation
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Alternative forms
Noun
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Usage notes
The 金 spelling is the most common for this term.
References
- CJKV characters simplified differently in Japan and China
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- Elementary Mandarin
- zh:Chemical elements
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- ja:Chemical elements
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