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JLPT N2 kanji · Chapter 6

鉄 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

iron; railway

On: テツtetsu
Kun: くろがねkurogane かねkane

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

鉄13 strokes

How to write 鉄: stroke order

鉄 has 13 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

鉄 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 鉄 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 鉄

The parts 鉄 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

金
money; gold
Radical
失
lose; fail

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JLPT N2 kanji · Chapter 6

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