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
- —鉄鋼メーカーsteel maker; steel manufacturer
- —日本国有鉄道Japanese National Railways (1949-1987)
- —寸鉄人を刺すto make a cutting remark; to stab someone with a short blade
- —寸鉄人を殺すto make a cutting remark; to kill someone with a short blade
- —鉄芽球性貧血sideroblastic anemia; sideroblastic anaemia
- —鉄欠乏性貧血iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
- —鉄バクテリアiron bacteria
- —鉄道公安職員railway police officer (pre-1987)
- —軽量鉄骨構造light gauge steel construction
- —シベリア鉄道Trans-Siberian Railway
- —近畿日本鉄道Kinki Nippon Tetsudō (railway company)
- —近畿日本鉄道Kinki Nihon Tetsudō (railway company)
- —国際鉄鋼協会International Iron and Steel Institute; IISI
- —国際鉄道連合Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer
- —東京急行電鉄Tokyu Corporation
- —日本鉄鋼協会Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
- —米国鉄道協会Association of American Railroads; AAR
- —韓国高速鉄道Korea Train Express (South Korean bullet train service); KTX
- —京福電気鉄道Keifuku Electric Railroad
- —国鉄労働組合National Railway Workers' Union