| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1591 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 琴 【キン】 qin (7-stringed Chinese zither), guqin
- 琴曲 【キンキョク】 koto music
- 奚琴 【ケイキン】 xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)
- 携琴 【ケイキン】 sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)
- 和琴 【ワゴン】 wagon, yamatogoto, six-stringed native Japanese zither
Kun reading compounds
- 琴 【こと】 koto (13-stringed Japanese zither), stringed instrument, zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng
- 琴座 【ことざ】 Lyra (constellation), the Lyre
- 箏の琴 【そうのこと】 koto
- 琵琶の琴 【びわのこと】 biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
Readings
- Korean:
- geum
Spanish
- koto
- arpa japonesa
Portuguese
- harpa
- koto (mus.)
French
- koto
- harpe
| 1178 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1486 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2949 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1393 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1536 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1778 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1251 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1319 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1906 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1322 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3455 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1778 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2422 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1605 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21079 | Morohashi |
| 2781 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3654 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1591 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1717 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1566 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3160 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4f8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 1120.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7434 | Unicode hex code |