鋳
casting, mint
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
20 of 38- 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
Study
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.