EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 46
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to forge; to temper

    彼は鋼を鍛えて刀を作った。
    He forged the steel into a sword.
  2. to drill; to train; to discipline

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

forge, discipline, train

Kun
きた.える
On
タン
Strokes
17
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1793 of 2500
Radical
gold
WaniKani
Level 46

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-8-9SKIP code
8a9.5The Kanji Dictionary
8714.7Four corner code
2868deroo
935bUnicode hex code
1-35-35JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4895Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6318New Nelson (John Haig)
1755New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2206Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1152Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1567Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1860Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2004Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1733A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2651Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1351Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40625Morohashi
1569A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1817Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1966Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1855Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1887Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1605Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1831Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1877Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
duan4Pinyin reading
danKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
46WaniKani level