Rare standalone noun for melting or smelting metal; mostly seen in technical or classical contexts, often in compounds like 冶金 (やきん, metallurgy).
The character 冶 means melting metal.
冶金学は金属の精錬を扱う分野だ。
Metallurgy is a field dealing with the smelting of metals.
metallurgical worker
charming; bewitching; coquettish
cultivation; training; education · making pottery and casting metal
libertine; man of pleasure
Rare standalone kanji; mainly encountered in compounds or classical contexts.
The kanji 冶 depicts ice (冫) and a platform (台), originally associated with melting and smelting metal. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the character is conventionally associated with metallurgy.