鉃

See also: 鉄

鉃 U+9243, 鉃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9243 ← 鉂 [U+9242] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉄 → [U+9244]

Translingual

Han character

鉃 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金人大 (COK), composition ⿰釒矢)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40284
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4187, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9243

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉃 – see 鏃 (“arrowhead; barb; sharp; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鏃).

Japanese

Kanji

東(とう)海(かい)旅(りょ)客(かく)鉃(てつ)道(どう)株(かぶ)式(しき)会(がい)社(しゃ) (Tōkai Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha, “Central Japan Railway Company”)

鉃

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. arrowhead
2. Used instead of 鉄(てつ) (tetsu) in a company logo to avoid implying 金(かね)を失(うしな)う (kane o ushinau, “lose money”).

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)、じ (ji)、そく (soku)
• Kun: やじり (yajiri)、やのね (yanone)、とい (toi)、するどい (surudoi)