Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

672 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: iron

Kunyomi: くろがね

Onyomi: テツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かねへん

Meaning: metal, gold

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

(てつ)   iron

道(てつどう)   railroad

骨(てっこつ)   steel frame

砲(てっぽう)   gun

鋼(てっこう)   iron and steel

(せいてつ)   steelmaking

(してつ)   private railway

地下(ちかてつ)   underground train, subway

Onyomi Examples

テツ iron (Fe), strong and hard (as iron), railway, railway enthusiast

テッセイ made of iron

コクテツ national railway, Japan National Railways (1949-1987)

新日本製鐵 シンニッポンセイテツ Nippon Steel Corporation

Kunyomi Examples

黒金 くろがね iron