てつ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of てつ – see the following entries.

【鉄】3

[noun] iron, the metal and the metallic chemical element

[noun] (more generally) steel

[noun] (figuratively) a blade, a knife, a sword, a weapon

[noun] (figuratively) something extremely strong

[noun] short for 鉄色 (tetsu iro, “steely black”)

[noun] short for 鉄砲 (teppō, literally “cannon”, but in this case, refers to the poisonous fugu blowfish or dishes made from it)

[noun] short for 鉄道 (tetsudō, “railway”)

【轍】H

[noun] a wheel furrow, track, or rut

[noun] another person's mistake, a prior example (generally negative)

(This term, てつ, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.
For a list of all kanji read as てつ, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as てつ.)

Proper noun

てつ • (Tetsu)

哲: a male given name

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