鋳
鋳 — Casting
casting, mint
On’yomiチュウ (chuu)
On’yomiイ (i)
On’yomiシュ (shu)
On’yomiシュウ (shuu)
Kun’yomiいる (iru)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 鋳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鋳型 | いがた igata | mold; mould; template |
| 鋳物 | いもの imono | casting; cast-metal object |
| 鋳造 | ちゅうぞう chuuzou | casting; founding; minting |
| 鋳る | いる iru | to cast; to mint; to coin |
Study notes
鋳 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2005 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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