鍇

Information about character(s)

Radical: 金
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 17
Simplified Form: 锴

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kǎi, jiē, jiě
Cantonese: kaai2
JapaneseKun: TETSU
JapaneseOn: KAI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: high quality iron

CE-Dict: high quality iron

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] iron of fine quality

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《金部》鍇九江謂鐵曰鍇。从金皆聲。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集上】【金字部】鍇
【唐韻】苦駭切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】口駭切，𠀤音楷。【說文】九江謂鐵曰鍇。【徐曰】鐵好也。一曰鐵精則白也。【左思·吳都賦】銅鍇之垠。【註】鍇，金屬。　又【博雅】鍇𩋆也。【音釋】鍇，音揩。又公諧反。　又人名。【左傳·哀四年】文之鍇後至。【註】鍇，蔡大夫。【釋文】鍇，音揩，又音皆。又客駭反。【前漢·功臣年表】稾侯𨻰鍇。　又【廣韻】古諧切【集韻】居諧切，𠀤音皆。又【集韻】雄皆切，音諧。義𠀤同。　又【集韻】古駭切，音解。【揚子·方言】堅也。自關而西，秦晉之閒曰鍇。

CF-Dict: fer de haute qualité