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Kanji Detail for 鉄 - "iron, steel, strong"

鉄

  • Meaning

    鉄 means "iron, steel, strong."

    1. Iron - A strong, hard metal.

    2. Steel - An alloy of iron.

    3. Strong - Hard and durable like metal.

  • Words using 鉄

    • 鉄道 てつどう Listen railroad; railway; rail transport
    • 鉄鋼 てっこう Listen iron and steel
    • 地下鉄 ちかてつ Listen subway; metro; underground (railway)
    • 国鉄 こくてつ Listen national railway; Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
    • 電鉄 でんてつ Listen electric railway
    • 私鉄 してつ Listen private railway
    • 鉄骨 てっこつ Listen steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
    • 鉄筋 てっきん Listen rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel

  • Four-character idioms with 鉄

    • 磨穿鉄硯 ませんてっけん Listen showing unyielding diligence in one's studies
    • 金城鉄壁 きんじょうてっぺき Listen impregnable castle (walls); impregnable; invulnerable
    • 鉄心石腸 てっしんせきちょう Listen will of iron
    • 鉄拳制裁 てっけんせいさい Listen (punishment by) striking with fists

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    • Verified meaning: iron, steel, strong
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read てつ, てつさき, てつじ, とうま)

    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 鉄

    Given names 鉄(てつ)Listen 鉄(まがね)Listen

    Surnames 鉄(てつさき)Listen 鉄(てつじ)Listen 鉄(とうま)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    iron

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    iron; strong, solid, firm

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 鐵|铁[tie3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    iron; strong, solid, firm

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tetsu(テツ) テツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kurogane(くろがね) くろがね

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    iron steel strong alloy blade corrosion durable enduring ferrous firm forge hard magnet metal mighty powerful robust rust smelt

Sentences including 鉄

  • An iron bridge was built across the river.

  • This bridge is made of iron.

  • He was killed in a railroad accident.

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