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鉄 = 金 + 失

鉄 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “iron”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 失 (lose). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 909.

Keyword
iron
RTK frame
909
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
テツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くろがね
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
железо
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
鉄 iron

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 金 gold
  2. 失 lose

How to find 鉄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “lose”. 鉄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鉄 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.