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鍛 means 'to temper'

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Strokes : 17    Frequency: 1819   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-33    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 14 words   Used in 22 words   Used in 227 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   タン
Kun
   きたえる to temper, forge
Additional readings
Name    か
Components
⿰  金 gold  段 grade  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 鍛 is used 4 times, read 2 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 鍛 is used 22 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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タン : 13 words FIND ALL
た ん れ ん 1
tempering; forging; hardening; disciplining; training
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きたえる : 5 words FIND ALL
き た え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to forge; to temper
2. to drill; to train; to discipline
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か: 3 words. FIND ALL
か じ や 0
noun
smith; blacksmith; locksmith
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か じ 1
noun
smithing; blacksmith
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鍛
タン   きたえる to temper, forge   
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段
ダン    grade, step, stairs   
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乍
ながらも although   -ながら while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
丨
stick   
殳
lance shaft   
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几
キ    table   
又
また again   
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   
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