The kanji 鋳: meaning, readings and stroke order

鋳

Meaning: cast (metal)
On reading: チュウ chuu
Kun reading: い（る） iru
Strokes: 15
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Old form: 鑄

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đúc (kim loại) (chú)
Japanese: とかしたきんぞくをかたにながす。
Korean: 주조하다, 부어 만들다 (주)
Chinese: 铸造 (铸)

Readings, words and example sentences

チュウ chuu · on reading · less common

鋳ちゅう造ぞう
casting (metal)
銅の 鋳ちゅう造ぞうを見学します。
We watch copper being cast.

い（る） iru · kun reading · less common

鋳いる
to cast (metal)
金ぞくをとかして 鋳います。
They melt metal and cast it.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.