鉄

See also: 鐵 and 铁
鉄 U+9244, 鉄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9244
← 鉃
[U+9243] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鉅 →
[U+9245]

Translingual
Stroke order
Traditional 鐵
Shinjitai 鉄
Simplified 铁

Han character

鉄 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金竹手人 (CHQO), composition ⿰釒失)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40285
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4186, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+9244

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 金 + phonetic 失 (OC *hliɡ).

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄 – see 鐵 (“iron; railway; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 鐵).
Notes:

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄 – see 紩 (“to sew”).
(This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of 紩).

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 鉄

Kyūjitai

 鐵

Kanji
鉄

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鐵)

  1. iron

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology 1
Chemical element
Fe
Previous: マンガン (mangan) (マンガン (mangan)) (Mn)
Next: コバルト (kobaruto) (コバルト (kobaruto)) (Co)
Kanji in this term
鉄
てつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
鐵 (kyūjitai)

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 鐵 (MC thet, “iron”). Compare modern Mandarin reading tiě, Hakka thiet.

Pronunciation

Noun

鉄(てつ) • (tetsu) 

  1. iron, the metal and the metallic chemical element
  2. (more generally) steel
  3. (figuratively) a blade, a knife, a sword, a weapon
  4. (figuratively) something extremely strong
  5. short for 鉄色 (tetsu iro, “steely black”)
  6. short for 鉄砲 (teppō, literally “cannon”, but in this case, refers to the poisonous fugu blowfish or dishes made from it)
  7. short for 鉄道 (tetsudō, “railway”)
Idioms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
鉄
くろがね
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
鐵 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 黒 (kuro, “black”) +‎ 金 (kane, “metal”).[2][1] The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare the black in English blacksmith.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) くろがね [kùrógáné] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ɡa̠ne̞]

Noun

鉄(くろがね) • (kurogane) 

  1. (archaic) iron
  2. (figuratively) something extremely strong

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
鉄
かね
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
鐵 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄 – see the following entry.
【金かね】1
[noun] money
[noun] metal
Alternative spellings
銀, 銅
(This term, 鉄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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