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Kanji Detail for 鑄 - "to cast"

鑄

  • Meaning

    鑄 means "to cast." Also associated with to forge, mold.

    1. Cast - To pour molten metal into a mold.

    2. Forge - To shape metal by heating.

    3. Mold - To form; to create.

  • Tattoo check: 鑄

    • Verified meaning: to cast
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: to forge, mold

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cast; mint

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    melt, cast; coin, mint

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to cast or found metals

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to melt, to cast; to mint, to coin

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

    To melt metal into implements. | Melting metal and casting it in molds. Like today's sand casting. All called 鑄.

  • Onyomi

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    chuu(チュウ) チュウ

    shu(シュ) シュ

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomi

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    i.ru(い-る) い-る

  • Strokes

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    22 strokes

  • Radical

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    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    cast forge mold minting founding coinage forging foundry iron metal molten pour shape manufacturing

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