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: 金 失
Radical: 金
Reading: かねへん
Meaning: metal, gold
Strokes: 8
鉄(てつ) iron
鉄道(てつどう) railroad
鉄骨(てっこつ) steel frame
鉄砲(てっぽう) gun
鉄鋼(てっこう) iron and steel
製鉄(せいてつ) steelmaking
私鉄(してつ) private railway
地下鉄(ちかてつ) underground train, subway
鉄 (テツ) iron (Fe), strong and hard (as iron), railway, railway enthusiast
鉄製 (テッセイ) made of iron
国鉄 (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
黒金 (くろがね) iron