鉄
iron
13 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 672.
Readings
- テツ (on reading): 鉄道 (てつどう) railroad; 国鉄 (こくてつ) national railway
- くろがね (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 鉄漿 (かね) tooth-blackening dye
Components
- 金
- 失
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- 乞 radical beg
- 二 radical two
- 大 radical big
- 矢 radical arrow
- 金 radical gold; metal
Words using 鉄
- 鉄道 (てつどう) railroad
- 国鉄 (こくてつ) national railway
- 鉄 (てつ) iron (Fe)
- 地下鉄 (ちかてつ) subway
- 近鉄 (きんてつ) Kintetsu
- 鉄漿 (かね) tooth-blackening dye
- 水鉄砲 (みずでっぽう) water pistol
- 豆鉄砲 (まめでっぽう) peashooter
- 古鉄 (ふるがね) scrap iron
- 剣付き鉄砲 (けんつきでっぽう) fixed bayonet
- 肘鉄砲 (ひじでっぽう) elbowing (someone)
388 words in all.