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Keyword
iron
Info
Frequency
Top 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade)
?
Shinjitai
?
Kanken
Level 8
Heisig
909
Old form
鐵
Readings
てつ
(64%)
てっ
(32%)
でっ
(1%)
かな
がね
か
くろがね
かね
Composed of
金
gold
失
permanent loss
Mnemonic
Gold
which
permanently lost
its brilliance becomes
iron
.
Used in vocabulary (341 in total)
鉄
てつ
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
鋼
こう
鉄
てつ
steel
鉄
てっ
板
ぱん
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
338 more...
Examples (116 in total)
それは
鉄
てつ
でできているんですか？
Is it made of iron?
鉄
てつ
は
熱
ねつ
をよく
伝
つた
える。
Iron transmits heat well.
鉄
てつ
は
硬
かた
い。
Iron is hard.
113 more...