Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
iron
Kun:
くろがね
On:
テツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
672 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tie3
Korean:
cheol

Spanish

  • hierro
  • acero

Portuguese

  • ferro

French

  • fer
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)
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

18 strokes
Radical:
horse
Parts:
equestrian, riding on horses, counter for equestrians
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1696 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 騎 【キ】 counter for horsemen
  • 騎士 【キシ】 (medieval) knight, samurai on horseback
  • 一騎 【イッキ】 one horseman
  • 与力 【ヨリキ】 police sergeant (Edo period), low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2, ji4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • jinete
  • montar a caballo
  • contador para jinetes

Portuguese

  • cavaleiro
  • equitação
  • sufixo para contagem de cavalos

French

  • cavalier
  • monter à cheval
  • compteur de cavaliers
1133 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1734 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5222 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1174 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1911 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2762 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1881 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2047 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1874 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1919 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2307 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1193 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1629 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2000 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44817 Morohashi
1834 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6761 New Nelson (John Haig)
1981 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2135 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1912 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3449 2001 Kanji
10a8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-8 SKIP code
7432.1 Four corner code
1-21-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9a0e Unicode hex code