Kanji N2

鉄: iron

鉄 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning iron, written with 13 strokes. It is read テツ (on) and くろがね (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 鉄道 (てつどう, railroad) and 鉄 (てつ, iron).

鉄

Meanings

  • iron
Strokes13
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#672 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • テツ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • くろがね

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 鉄

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 鉄道てつどう

    railroad; railway; rail transport

    JLPT N3
  • 鉄てつ

    iron (Fe)

    JLPT N3
  • 地下鉄ちかてつ

    subway; metro; underground (railway)

    JLPT N5
  • 私鉄してつ

    private railway

    JLPT N2
  • 鉄橋てっきょう

    railway bridge; iron bridge

    JLPT N2
  • 鉄砲てっぽう

    gun; firearm

    JLPT N2
  • 鉄鋼てっこう

    iron and steel

    JLPT N1
  • 製鉄せいてつ

    iron manufacture

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.