鐵 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 鉄、くろがね。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「金」+音符「戜」。「くろがね」を意味する漢語｛鐵｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

iron

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• テツ

Kun (native)

• くろがね

Other languages

• 拼音tie3
• 한글cheol
• Hán-ViệtThiết

infoBasics

Strokes

21 strokes

Radical

金(かね)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+9435

grid_viewComponents

• 口くち
• 土つち
• 戈ほこ
• 王
• 金かね

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金𢧜

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• 驖One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 鉄Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-8-13

Four Corner

8315.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

8a5.6

Nelson

4919