てつ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of てつ – see the following entries.

【鉄】3 [noun] iron, the metal and the metallic chemical element [noun] (more generally) steel [noun] (figuratively) a blade, a knife, a sword, a weapon [noun] (figuratively) something extremely strong [noun] short for 鉄色 (tetsu iro, “steely black”) [noun] short for 鉄砲 (teppō, literally “cannon”, but in this case, refers to the poisonous fugu blowfish or dishes made from it) [noun] short for 鉄道 (tetsudō, “railway”)

【轍】H [noun] a wheel furrow, track, or rut [noun] another person's mistake, a prior example (generally negative)

(This term, てつ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as てつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as てつ.)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

てつ • (Tetsu) 

1. 哲: a male given name