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Kotomora

鋳

casting, mint

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • チュウ
  • イ
  • シュ
  • シュウ

Kun'yomi

  • い.る

Meaning

鋳 centers on shaping metal by pouring it into a mold: casting molten metal and minting coins.

Most common words using 鋳

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  • 鋳造ちゅうぞう

    casting; founding; minting

  • 鋳物いもの

    casting; cast-metal object

  • 鋳鉄ちゅうてつ

    cast iron

  • 鋳るいる

    to cast; to mint; to coin

  • 鋳型いがた

    mold; mould; template

  • 再鋳さいちゅう

    recasting

  • 可鍛鋳鉄かたんちゅうてつ

    malleable cast iron

  • 改鋳かいちゅう

    reminting; recasting

  • 活字鋳造所かつじちゅうぞうしょ

    type foundry

  • 活字鋳造機かつじちゅうぞうき

    typefounding machine; type caster

  • 生型鋳造なまがたちゅうぞう

    green sand; metal molding using sand

  • 私鋳銭しちゅうせん

    private coinage

  • 連続鋳造れんぞくちゅうぞう

    continuous casting

  • 遠心鋳造えんしんちゅうぞう

    centrifugal casting

  • 鋳写しいうつし

    coin cast in a mold made from a current coin

  • 鋳塊ちゅうかい

    ingot; pig

  • 鋳工ちゅうこう

    metal caster

  • 鋳掛けいかけ

    tinkering; mending pots, pans, kettles

  • 鋳掛け屋いかけや

    a tinker; tinkerer

  • 鋳掛け屋の天秤棒いかけやのてんびんぼう

    intrusive person; being intrusive; a tinker's shoulder pole

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Etymology

鋳 combines 金 (metal) with 寿, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of shaping or forming, as in casting metal.

Meaning mnemonic

Metal 金 is poured into a mold shaped like 寿, creating a cast object. Picture molten metal flowing into a mold to mint coins.

Reading mnemonic

For チュウ, imagine chewing gum shaped like a cast metal coin: chew -> チュウ, and the gum is minted in a mold.