冶 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

会意。「仌{鉼}」 + 「刀」 + 羨符「口」。「金属をとかす」を意味する漢語{冶}を表す字。「刀」 + 「口」の部分は変形音化して「台」となった。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

melting, smelting

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • JHS
Kun (native)
  • い(る)
Nanori (used in names)
Other languages
  • 拼音ye3
  • 한글ya
  • Hán-Việt

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
冫(にすい)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+51B6

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰冫台

Words using this kanji

  • 冶金やきん鉱石から金属を取り出し精製・加工すること。metallurgy
  • melting
  • 冶工やこう金属を鍛造・鋳造する職人。metallurgical worker
  • 冶金学やきんがく冶金の原理や技術などを研究対象とする学問。metallurgy (the science)
  • 冶金学者やきんがくしゃmetallurgist

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(14 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-5
Four Corner
3316.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2b5.4
Heisig
808
Nelson
640