Keyword
iron
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig909
Old form鐵
Readings
てつ
(64%)
てっ
(32%)
でっ
(1%)
Composed of
gold
permanent loss
Mnemonic

Gold which permanently lost its brilliance becomes iron.

Used in vocabulary (465 in total)
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
railroad; railway; rail transport
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
Examples (144 in total)
But even so, with an iron will, he does not cry out.
He is a serious train buff and knows the names of every station.
It's like hammering iron to temper it.