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鉄 kanji
iron
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
テツ
Kun readings
くろがね
Variant forms
銕鋨鐡鐵Words with 鉄
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5地下鉄Popularsubway; metro; underground (railway)
- N3鉄Populariron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
- N3鉄道Popularrailroad; railway; rail transport
- N2私鉄Popularprivate railway
- N2鉄橋Popularrailway bridge; iron bridge
- N2鉄砲Populargun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
- N1製鉄Populariron manufacture
- N1鉄鋼Populariron and steel
- N1鉄片iron scraps
- —鋼鉄Popularsteel
- —国鉄Popularnational railway; Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
- —銑鉄Popularpig iron
- —鉄筋Popularrebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
- —鉄鉱Populariron ore
- —鉄骨Popularsteel frame; steel beam; steel girder
- —鉄製Popularmade of iron
- —鉄板Populariron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
- —鉄棒Populariron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
- —電鉄Popularelectric railway
- —鉄工Popularironworking; ironworker