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鍛

鍛 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. きたえる㋐金属の質をよくするためにうちたたく。㋑ねる。ものごとを理想的な状態にまで高める。㋒役人が人の罪をつくりあげること。
  2. やぶる (破)。槌でうちやぶる。
  3. といし。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「金」+音符「段」。「たたく」「きたえる」を意味する漢語｛鍛｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

forge, discipline, train

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タンJHS
Kun (native)
  • きた(える)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • か
Other languages
  • 拼音duan4
  • 한글dan
  • Hán-ViệtĐoán

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

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
金(かね)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+935B

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金段

Words using this kanji

  • 鍛えるきたえる「きたえる」を参照。to forge, to temper, to drill, to train
  • 鍛錬たんれん「鍛練」の別表記。tempering (metal), annealing, forging, toughening
  • 鍛工たんこうmetal worker
  • 鍛冶かじ金属（一般的には鉄）を熱し、たたいて精錬すること。blacksmithing, forging, smithery, smithcraft
  • 鍛造たんぞう金属を加熱し、ハンマーなどで打ち延ばし所要の形状とするとともに靭性を与えること。また、その作業。forging
  • 鍛接たんせつforge welding
  • 鍛鉄たんてつtempering iron, forging steel, wrought iron
  • 鍛鋼たんこうforged steel
  • 鍛成たんせいcultivation, training
  • 鍛えきたえforging, tempering, drilling, training
  • 鍛金たんきんhammering
  • 鍛人かぬちsmith, blacksmith
  • 鍛冶屋かじや「かじや」、「かちや」、「かぬちや」の漢字表記smith, blacksmith, small crowbar for extracting nails, cat's paw
  • 鍛冶場かじばblacksmith's workshop, smithy, forge, foundry
  • 鍛え抜くきたえぬくto train thoroughly (one's body, muscles, etc.), to practice (a skill) to perfection
  • 鍛え直すきたえなおすto get back into shape, to retrain, to rebuild, to reschool
  • 鍛え上げるきたえあげるto temper thoroughly, to train well

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-9
Four Corner
8714.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8a9.5
Heisig
2004
Nelson
4895