漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鍛: forge, discipline
Also: train
JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 段 gives the sound
17 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
タンtan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 鍛錬たんれんtempering (metal); annealing; forging
- 鍛工たんこうmetal worker
きたえるkitaeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鍛えるきたえるto forge; to temper
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 锻 · traditional, as in Japanese · duàn
Japan keeps the traditional form 鍛; mainland China simplifies it to 锻.
- Simplified
- 锻 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鍛 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin duàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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