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鉄 kanji
iron
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
テツ
Kun readings
くろがね
Variant forms
銕鋨鐡鐵Words with 鉄
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鉄道線路railroad track; rail line
- —鉄道輸送rail transport (transportation, transit); transport by rail
- —電鉄会社(electric) railroad company
- —登山鉄道mountain railway
- —可鍛鋳鉄malleable cast iron
- —鉄炮押しpushing against the wooden pole in practice
- —鉄アレイ(iron) dumbbells; (pair) of dumbbells
- —一大鉄槌dealing a hard (heavy, crushing) blow (to)
- —鉄心石腸will of iron
- —鉄石心腸will of iron
- —鉄道工事railroad construction work
- —高速鉄道high-speed rail; rapid (rail) transit
- —雀の鉄砲shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
- —硫砒鉄鉱arsenopyrite; mispickel; arsenical pyrite
- —鉄パイプiron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
- —鉄砲風呂bath with a metal pipe
- —高架鉄道elevated railroad; elevated railway
- —馬車鉄道horse tramway
- —鉄道車両railway vehicle; railroad vehicle
- —鉄砲和えsalad of minced Welsh onions, seafood, and vinegared miso