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steel
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingコウ
Kun readingはがね

Meanings

  1. steelRtK
  1. sword steel
  2. sword

Synonyms

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Radicals and components

Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

metal () · gold () · mount

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2113

Compound words

彼はを鍛えて刀を作った。
He forged the steel into a sword.tatoeba
生産は2年連続して最高を記録した。
Steel output set a record for two consecutive years.tatoeba
は基幹産業である。
Steel is a key industry.tatoeba
の特性の1つは硬いことだ。
One of the qualities of steel is hardness.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

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