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鍛

17 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
几 又 殳 金
Variants:
煅
forge, discipline, train
Kun:
きた.える
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1793 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鍛錬 【タンレン】 tempering (metal), annealing, forging, toughening, disciplining, training
  • 鍛金 【タンキン】 hammering

Kun reading compounds

  • 鍛える 【きたえる】 to forge, to temper, to drill, to train, to discipline

Readings

Japanese names:
か
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duan4
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • forjar
  • disciplinar
  • entrenar

Portuguese

  • forjar
  • disciplinar
  • treinar

French

  • former
  • discipliner
  • entraîner
1569 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1733 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4895 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1351 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1855 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2651 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1817 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1966 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1605 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1831 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2206 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1567 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1877 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40625 Morohashi
1755 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6318 New Nelson (John Haig)
1860 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2004 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1887 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2868 2001 Kanji
8a9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-9 SKIP code
8714.7 Four corner code
1-35-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
935b Unicode hex code

冶

7 strokes
Radical:
ice 冫
Parts:
冫 厶 口
melting, smelting
Kun:
い.る
On:
ヤ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 冶 【ヤ】 melting
  • 冶金 【ヤキン】 metallurgy
  • 艷冶 【エンヤ】 charming, bewitching, coquettish
  • 鍛冶 【カジ】 smithing, blacksmith

Readings

Japanese names:
じ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye3
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • fundición
  • fundir

Portuguese

French

640 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2024 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1962 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
89 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
58 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
62 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1621 Morohashi
418 New Nelson (John Haig)
2137 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
808 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2b5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
3316.0 Four corner code
1-44-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51b6 Unicode hex code

屋

9 strokes
Radical:
corpse 尸
Parts:
厶 土 尸 至
roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
Kun:
や
On:
オク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
616 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 屋 【オク】 house, building, roof
  • 屋外 【オクガイ】 outdoors, outside
  • 草屋 【ソウオク】 thatched hut
  • 塔屋 【トウヤ】 rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.

Kun reading compounds

  • 屋 【や】 shop, store, restaurant, someone who sells (something) or works as (something), someone with a (certain) personality trait, house, roof
  • 屋敷 【やしき】 residence, estate, grounds, premises, mansion
  • 長屋 【ながや】 tenement house, row house
  • 総会屋 【そうかいや】 extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings, sokaiya

Readings

Japanese names:
た
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu1
Korean:
og

Spanish

  • casa
  • tejado
  • tienda

Portuguese

  • teto
  • casa
  • loja
  • negociante
  • vendedor

French

  • toit
  • maison
  • échoppe
  • négociant
  • vendeur
161 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
256 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
236 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
270 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1392 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
251 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
160 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1233 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
167 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
54 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
530 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3842 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1973 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2669 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1067 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7684 Morohashi
3098 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1421 New Nelson (John Haig)
1058 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
236 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
319 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3772 2001 Kanji
3r6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
7721.4 Four corner code
1-18-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c4b Unicode hex code

線

15 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 幺 水 白 糸
Variants:
綫
line, track
Kun:
すじ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
382 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 線 【セン】 line, stripe, stria, line (e.g. telephone line), wire, ray (e.g. X-ray), beam, line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane, outline, contours, form, level, division, line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle, impression one leaves, air one gives off
  • 繊維 【センイ】 fibre, fiber, textile
  • 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
  • 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • línea
  • cable
  • frontera
  • raíl
  • carril

Portuguese

  • linha
  • trilha

French

  • ligne
  • voie
447 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
176 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
329 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
247 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3580 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
389 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
826 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
299 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
299 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
841 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1551 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1760 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
944 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1273 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1351 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27641 Morohashi
1392 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4548 New Nelson (John Haig)
1339 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1438 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
236 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2742 2001 Kanji
6a9.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
2693.2 Four corner code
1-32-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dda Unicode hex code