鉄
See also: 鐵
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Translingual
Traditional | 鐵 |
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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:
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Japanese
鉄 | |
鐵 |
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
- 鉄扇 (tessen): A Japanese war fan
- 地下鉄 (chikatetsu): subway, underground railway
Etymology 1
Chemical element | |
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Fe | Previous: マンガン (mangan) (Mn) |
Next: コバルト (kobaruto) (Co) |
Kanji in this term |
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鉄 |
てつ Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 鐵 (MC tʰet̚, “iron”). Compare modern Mandarin reading tiě, Hakka thiet.
Noun
鉄 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鐵, hiragana てつ, rōmaji tetsu)
- iron, the metal and the metallic chemical element
- (more generally) steel
- (figuratively) a blade, a knife, a sword, a weapon
- (figuratively) something extremely strong
- short for 鉄色 (tetsu iro, “steely black”)
- short for 鉄砲 (teppō, literally “cannon”, but in this case, refers to the poisonous fugu blowfish or dishes made from it)
Idioms
- 鉄は熱いうちに打て (tetsu wa atsui uchi ni ute): “strike while the iron is hot”
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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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.
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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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]
Usage notes
The 金 spelling is the most common for this term.
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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