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Kanji Detail for 鋳 - "to cast, to mint, to mold"

鋳

  • Meaning

    鋳 means "to cast, to mint, to mold."

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

    2. Mold - To shape by casting.

    3. Mint - To produce coins by casting.

  • Tattoo check: 鋳

    • Verified meaning: to cast, to mint, to mold
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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

    casting; mint

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    melt, cast; coin, mint

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 鑄|铸

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chuu(チュウ) チュウ

    i(イ) イ

    shu(シュ) シュ

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    i.ru(い-る) い-る

  • Strokes

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    15 strokes

  • Radical

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    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to cast to mold to mint founding metal molten forging pour coin create manufacturing forming

Sentences including 鋳

  • A man cannot be made in a mold.

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