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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
- —シュウ酸鉄iron oxalate
- —鉄槌をくだすto crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
- —鉄ついを下すto crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
- —鉄は熱い内に鍛えよstrike while the iron is hot
- —超伝導磁気浮上式鉄道superconducting maglev train
- —下手な鉄砲も数打てば当たるeven the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots