鉄鋼

てっこう · tekkou · JLPT N1 · noun

steel

🔩 Compound: 鉄 tetsu (iron) + 鋼 kou (steel); both share the metal radical 金 kane

Both characters contain 金 (metal), the radical for metal things. The right-hand parts 失 and 岡 supply the sounds tetsu and kou.

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