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This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

鐵

Readings

Kana: テツ、くろがね
Romaji: tetsu, kurogane
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

iron

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  21
Radical Number:  167
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-8-13
Korean Reading:  cheol
Chinese Reading:  tie3
Unicode:  9435
JIS:  6F44

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1771
Nelson Index: 4919
New Nelson Index: 6354
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8a5.6
Four Corner Index: 8315.0
Japanese Names Index: 2920
Daikanwanjiten Index: 40945
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0636
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2224

Words

鉄 (てつ)
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast