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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
- —鉄椎iron hammer; crushing blow
- —熔鉄molten iron
- —鉄板焼teppanyaki; dishes prepared on a hot steel plate (usu. placed in the middle of the table)
- —ひじ鉄elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff
- —鉄砲弾gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; non-returner; bull's-eye (candy)
- —クズ鉄scrap iron
- —いん鉄meteoric iron
- —鉄亜鈴(iron) dumbbells; (pair) of dumbbells
- —鉄なべiron pot; iron pan
- —鉄ついiron hammer; crushing blow
- —鉄ヲタrailfan; rail fan; rail buff; train buff
- —鉄さびiron rust; iron hydroxide
- —鉄かぶとsteel helmet
- —ひじ鉄砲elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff
- —鉄火みそmiso, fried soybeans and vegetables seasoned with sake and sugar
- —鉄火巻きvinegared rice and sliced raw tuna wrapped in seaweed
- —磁流鉄鉱pyrrhotite
- —鉄砲海老snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus); pistol prawn
- —鉄炮鍛冶gunsmith
- —鉄鎚を下すto crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on