Translingual
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Glyph origin
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 金 + phonetic 失 (OC *hliɡ).
Etymology 1
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For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄 – see 鐵 (“iron; railway; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 鐵). |
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Etymology 2
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For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄 – see 紩 (“to sew”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of 紩). |
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Japanese
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鉄
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鐵)
- iron
Readings
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Compounds
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Etymology 1
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Alternative spelling
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鐵 (kyūjitai)
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Borrowed from Middle Chinese 鐵 (MC thet, “iron”). Compare modern Mandarin reading tiě, Hakka thiet.
Pronunciation
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鉄 • (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)
- short for 鉄道 (tetsudō, “railway”)
Etymology 2
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Alternative spelling
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鐵 (kyūjitai)
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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
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Pronunciation
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鉄 • (kurogane)
- (archaic) iron
- (figuratively) something extremely strong
Etymology 3
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Alternative spelling
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鐵 (kyūjitai)
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For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 鉄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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