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製銑 (seisen) Japanese meaning: pig iron making | Kotomora

製せい銑せん

Meanings

1

pig iron making; pig iron manufacturing

Technical term used in iron and steel production contexts.

この工こう場じょうでは製せい銑せん工こう程ていが24時間にじゅう稼働よじかんかどうしている。
The pig iron making process operates 24 hours a day at this plant.

Kanji

製made in..., manufacture
銑pig iron

Related words

製せい鋼こう
製鋼 refers to steelmaking, a subsequent process after pig iron production.

Etymology

Compound of 製 (manufacture) and 銑 (pig iron). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with pig iron production.