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鉄

Iron
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingテツ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3Level 10

Meanings

  1. ironRtK
  1. iron (Fe)
  2. steel
  3. iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.)
  4. railway
  5. railway enthusiast

Synonyms

鉄道鋼

Popular Usage

地下鉄私鉄鉄棒

Radicals and components

Radical金gold釒variant
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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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metal (金) · gold (金) · lose · drop (丶) · husband

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 909

Compound words

地下鉄ちかてつ
subway; metro; underground (railway)
私鉄してつ
private railway
鉄棒てつぼう
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
鋼鉄こうてつ
steel
国鉄こくてつ
national railway; Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
製鉄せいてつ
iron manufacture
銑鉄せんてつ
pig iron
鉄橋てっきょう
railway bridge; iron bridge
鉄筋てっきん
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
鉄鉱てっこう
iron ore
鉄鋼てっこう
iron and steel
鉄骨てっこつ
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
鉄製てっせい
made of iron
鉄道てつどう
railroad; railway; rail transport
鉄板てっぱん
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
鉄砲てっぽう
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
電鉄でんてつ
electric railway
鉄工てっこう
ironworking; ironworker
製鉄所せいてつじょ
ironworks; steelworks
非鉄金属ひてつきんぞく
non-ferrous metal
市営地下鉄しえいちかてつ
municipal subway
甲鉄こうてつ
armor
鋳鉄ちゅうてつ
cast iron
蹄鉄ていてつ
horseshoe

On Reading Examples

彼は鉄の棒で鍵のかかったドアを抉じ開けた。てつ
He pried open the locked door with a crowbar.tatoeba
彼は素手で鉄の棒を曲げられる。てつ
He can bend an iron rod with his hands.tatoeba
彼は荒々しいサッカーの試合の間、鉄の棒で殴られた。てつ
He was beaten with an iron rod during a violent soccer match.tatoeba
彼の車はその鉄の門にぶち当たった。てつ
His car ran into the Iron Gate.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は鉄砲玉のように飛び出した。
He dashed out like a bullet.tatoeba
彼は鉄道事故で死んだ。
He was killed in a railroad accident.tatoeba
彼は鉄の棒で鍵のかかったドアを抉じ開けた。
He pried open the locked door with a crowbar.tatoeba
彼は長く製鉄業を支配したが、完全な独占には至らなかった。
Though he long dominated the steel industry, he never achieved a complete monopoly.tatoeba
そのため、竹棒では刺さらなくなり鉄棒で代用した。
The bamboo sticks didn't work anymore, so they substituted iron sticks for them.wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Iron. 金 (metal) + 失 (lose) — the metal that loses its shine and rusts.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鉄

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