鉄

iron

Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingテツ

Kun readingくろがね

JLPT level: N2 Jōyō Grade 3

Meanings

ironRtK

iron (Fe)
steel
iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.)
railway
railway enthusiast

Synonyms

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical金gold 釒variant

Components

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)

railway bridge; iron bridge

鉄筋てっきん

rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete

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

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

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