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Kanji Detail for 冶 - "melting, smelting"

冶

  • Meaning

    冶 means "melting, smelting."

    1. To cast - To melt; to smelt; to process metals by melting.

    2. Smith - A metalworker; a blacksmith.

    3. Alluring - Captivating; beautifully seductive.

  • Tattoo check: 冶

    • Verified meaning: melting, smelting
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はるの)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 冶

    Given names 冶(はるの)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    melting; smelting

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    smelt, fuse metals; cast, found

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to smelt, to fuse metals, to cast

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To smelt and cast. A factory for smelting iron is called 冶坊. | Beautiful. Such as 嫺冶 (elegant), 妖冶 (seductive). Also, elaborate makeup is called 冶容. Characters with 冶 often relate to female behavior, hence visiting courtesans is also called 冶遊.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ya(ヤ) ヤ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    i.ru(い-る) い-る

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    冫 (nisui)

  • Related Keywords

    to cast smith alluring attractive beautiful casting melting metalworker refining metallurgy forge foundry furnace smelt iron steel captivating seductive

Sentences including 冶

  • It's by smithing that one becomes a blacksmith.

  • She cultivated her mind by reading many books.

  • ODS super alloy is produced by the mechanical alloy method following powder metallurgy.

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