鉄

See also: 鐵
鉄 U+9244, 鉄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9244
← 鉃
[U+9243] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鉅 →
[U+9245]

Translingual
Traditional 鐵
Shinjitai 鉄
Simplified 铁

Han character

鉄 (radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金竹手人 (CHQO), composition ⿰金失)

References
  • KangXi: page 1300, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40285
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4186, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+9244

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 釒 + phonetic 失 (OC *hliɡ).

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄 – see 鐵 (“iron; railway; etc.”).
(This character, 鉄, is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of 鐵.)
Notes:

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄 – see 紩 (“to sew; to sew”).
(This character, 鉄, is a variant form of 紩.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 鉄

Kyūjitai

 鐵

Kanji
鉄

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鐵)

  1. iron

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology 1
Chemical element
Fe Previous: マンガン (mangan) (Mn)
Next: コバルト (kobaruto) (Co)
Kanji in this term
鉄
てつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 鐵 (MC tʰet̚, “iron”). Compare modern Mandarin reading tiě, Hakka thiet.

Pronunciation

Noun

鉄 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鐵, hiragana てつ, rōmaji tetsu)

  1. iron, the metal and the metallic chemical element
  2. (more generally) steel
  3. (figuratively) a blade, a knife, a sword, a weapon
  4. (figuratively) something extremely strong
  5. short for 鉄色 (tetsu iro, “steely black”)
  6. short for 鉄砲 (teppō, literally “cannon”, but in this case, refers to the poisonous fugu blowfish or dishes made from it)
Idioms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
鉄
くろがね
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of 黒 (kuro, “black”) +‎ 金 (kane, “metal”).[2][1] The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare the black in English blacksmith.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

鉄 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鐵, hiragana くろがね, rōmaji kurogane)

  1. (archaic) iron
  2. (figuratively) something extremely strong

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
鉄
かね
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.[2]

The four kanji spellings of this term, 金 (“gold”), 銀 (“silver”), 銅 (“copper”), and 鉄 (“iron”), hint at the importance of each of these four metals in ancient Japan.[2]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

鉄 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鐵, hiragana かね, rōmaji kane)

  1. Alternative spelling of 金 (“metal; money”)
Usage notes

The 金 spelling is the most common for this term.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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