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鋼 means 'steel'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1983   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-37    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 16 words   Used in 65 words   Used in 128 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   コウ
Kun
   はがね steel
Variants
钢 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  金 gold  岡 hill  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 鋼 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 鋼 is used 63 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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noun
iron and steel
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コウ (read as ごう) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
Diamond Holder (name of a Buddhist celestial being)
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はがね : 2 words FIND ALL
steel blue
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An additional はがね less common words include 鋼 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 874 (originally: 864)  Joy o' Kanji : 864  Key to Kanji: 340 

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鋼
コウ   はがね steel   
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金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丷
eight
王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
岡
おか hill, Mount   
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冂
wide
䒑
grass   
山
サン   やま mountain   
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