| 283 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 374 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 353 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 327 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4844 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 242 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 976 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1948 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 312 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 312 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 147 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1814 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2147 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1126 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1527 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 854 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40285 | Morohashi |
| 1711 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6253 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 846 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 909 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 449 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 422 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
672 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鉄 【テツ】 iron (Fe), steel, iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.), 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
Kun reading compounds
- 黒金 【くろがね】 iron
Readings
- Japanese names:
- けん、 てっ
- Korean:
- cheol
Spanish
- hierro
- acero
Portuguese
- ferro
French
- fer
| 2863 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-5 | SKIP code |
| 8513.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9244 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 狼煙 【ノロシ】 beacon, skyrocket, signal fire, smoke signals, starting shot, starting signal
- 狼火 【ロウカ】 signal fire, beacon
- 豺狼 【サイロウ】 wolf, rapacious person, merciless and greedy person
- 前虎後狼 【ゼンココウロウ】 one calamity followed close on the heels of another, out of the frying pan into the fire, tiger in front, wolf in the back
Kun reading compounds
- 狼 【おおかみ】 wolf (Canis lupus), wolf in sheep's clothing, womanizer
- 狼魚 【おおかみうお】 Bering wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)
- タスマニア狼 【タスマニアおおかみ】 Tasmanian wolf
- シメニア狼 【シメニアおおかみ】 simenian wolf (Canis simensis), Abyssinia jackal, simian jackal, simenian jackal, Ethiopian wolf
Readings
- Korean:
- rang
Spanish
- lobo
- confundirse
- estar desordenado
- estar desorganizado
Portuguese
French
| 2888 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1303 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 541 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 407 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 20432 | Morohashi |
| 3579 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2339 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2428 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3g7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 4323.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-47-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 72fc | Unicode hex code |