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銑

銑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 艶のある金属。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「金」+音符「先」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

pig iron

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セン
Other languages
  • 拼音xian3
  • 拼音xi3
  • 한글seon
  • Hán-ViệtTiển

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
金(かね)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9291

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金先

Words using this kanji

  • 銑鉄せんてつ高炉で鉄鉱石を還元してつくられた、炭素を多く含む鉄。pig iron
  • 銑ずく（セン）小さい鑿。pig iron

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

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Lookup codes

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