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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
- —金鉄gold and iron; firmness; adamancy
- —寸鉄short blade; small weapon; epigram; pithy saying
- —鍛鉄tempering iron; forging steel; wrought iron
- —鉄筆stylus; steel pen; stencil pen
- —鉄索cable; wire rope; cableway
- —鉄傘steel or iron dome
- —鉄色reddish-black; iron blue; greenish-black; steel gray
- —蘇鉄sago cycad (Cycas revoluta); king sago palm; sago palm; Japanese sago palm
- —鉄人iron man; strong man; (steel-clad) robot
- —鉄山iron mine
- —鉄火red-hot iron; swords and guns; gunfire; termagancy; violent temper; gambler; red flesh of lean tuna
- —鉄心iron core; iron will
- —鉄石iron and stone; iron will
- —鉄血blood and iron; military might
- —鉄柱iron pole
- —鉄柵iron railing; iron fence
- —鉄剤(medicinal) iron preparations
- —鉄拳tightly clenched fist
- —鉄窓iron-barred window; prison; jail
- —鉄腕strong arm