Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
casting, mint
Kun:
い.る
On:
チュウシュシュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2005 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鋳造 【チュウゾウ】 casting, founding, minting
  • 鋳貨 【チュウカ】 coinage, mintage
  • 改鋳 【カイチュウ】 reminting, recasting
  • 再鋳 【サイチュウ】 recasting
  • 鋳物 【イモノ】 casting, cast-metal object
  • 鋳型 【イガタ】 mold, mould, template

Kun reading compounds

  • 鋳る 【いる】 to cast, to mint, to coin

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu4
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • fundir
  • acuñar

Portuguese

  • calcular
  • cunhar moedas

French

  • couler (métal)
  • frapper (monnaie)
1586 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1893 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4865 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1423 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1850 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2343 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1551 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1653 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1601 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1824 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2170 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1139 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1543 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1580 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40503P Morohashi
1729 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6280 New Nelson (John Haig)
1566 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1688 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1812 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2848 2001 Kanji
8a7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-7 SKIP code
8514.0 Four corner code
1-35-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
92f3 Unicode hex code

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