鉄てっ鋼こう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

iron and steel

Industry term referring to iron and steel collectively, often used in contexts like 鉄鋼業 (steel industry) or 鉄鋼製品 (steel products).

鉄てっ鋼こうを生せい産さんするto produce iron and steel
この工こう場じょうでは年ねん間かん百ひゃく万まんトンの鉄てっ鋼こうを生せい産さんしている。
This factory produces one million tons of steel a year.
鉄てっ鋼こうの需じゅ要ようが高たかまるdemand for steel rises
建けん設せつ業ぎょう界かいで鉄てっ鋼こうの需じゅ要ようが高たかまっている。
Demand for steel is rising in the construction industry.
鉄てっ鋼こう価か格かくが上じょう昇しょうするsteel prices rise
原げん料りょうコストの上じょう昇しょうで鉄てっ鋼こう価か格かくが上じょう昇しょうした。
Steel prices rose due to increased raw material costs.

鋼こう鉄てつ
鋼鉄 refers specifically to 'steel' as a refined material, while 鉄鋼 is the broader industry term covering both iron and steel together.
鋼こう材ざい
鉄鋼 refers broadly to iron and steel as an industrial category, while 鋼材 specifically means steel products (bars, plates, pipes) used in construction or manufacturing.

非ひ鉄てつ金きん属ぞく
非鉄金属 refers to metals other than iron (aluminum, copper, etc.), while 鉄鋼 refers specifically to iron and steel.

鉄てつN2
鉄 means plain 'iron' as a single element, whereas 鉄鋼 is the collective industry term for iron and steel products together.
鋼はがね
鋼 is the everyday word for 'steel' as a hard, worked metal, while 鉄鋼 is a formal industry term encompassing both iron and steel.
製せい鉄てつN1
製鉄 is the verb-like process of making iron, whereas 鉄鋼 is a noun for the finished material 'iron and steel' itself, so they are easily confused despite sounding similar.

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鉄てっ鋼こう業ぎょうN1
鉄鋼業 is written with 鉄鋼 as its first two kanji, but 鉄鋼 refers to the material 'steel' itself while 鉄鋼業 refers to the industry that produces it.
鉄てっ鉱こう
鉄鉱 refers to the raw iron ore mineral, while 鉄鋼 means the processed iron and steel material.
鉄てっ工こう
鉄鋼 (same reading) means iron and steel as a material or industry, whereas 鉄工 refers to the trade of ironworking or an ironworker.
粗そ鋼こう
鉄鋼 broadly covers the iron-and-steel industry or its products, whereas 粗鋼 names only the crude, semi-finished steel stage of production.

Compound of 鉄 (iron) and 鋼 (steel).