Kanji1 / 13
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
- —鉄礬柘榴石almandine
- —鉄道警察隊railway police (Japan); Railway Police Force
- —木鉄交造船composite vessel construction (wood, iron, etc.)
- —鉄道ファンtrain buff; railway enthusiast; trainspotter; railfan
- —鉄道連絡船railway ferry; train ferry
- —鉄人レースtriathlon
- —超苦鉄質岩ultramafic rock
- —近鉄大阪線Kintetsu-Osaka Line
- —江ノ島電鉄Enoshima Electric Railway
- —鉄腕アトムAstro Boy (Japanese anime character)
- —満鉄調査部South Manchuria Railway Research Department
- —料理の鉄人Iron Chef (Japanese television program, 1993-1999)
- —南満州鉄道(former) South Manchuria Railway
- —新日本製鉄Nippon Steel Corporation
- —都営地下鉄Toei Subway
- —会津小鉄会Aizukotetsu-kai (yakuza syndicate)
- —名古屋鉄道Nagoya Railroad Co.; Meitetsu
- —大陸横断鉄道transcontinental railroad
- —鉄のカーテンiron curtain
- —灰鉄ザクロ石andradite