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銑せん鉄てつ

also: ずくてつ

せ

ん

て

つ

Common word

Meanings

1

noun

pig iron

Technical term for crude iron as produced in a blast furnace, used as a raw material for steelmaking and cast iron.

銑せん鉄てつは高こう炉ろで生せい産さんされる。
Pig iron is produced in a blast furnace.
この工こう場じょうでは銑せん鉄てつから鋼はがねを作つくっている。
This factory makes steel from pig iron.

Written forms

銑鉄Usage100%
- せんてつ
  Standard kanji form; the reading せんてつ is the most common.
- ずくてつ
  Alternate reading ずくてつ is less common and may be encountered in older or specialized contexts.
ずくてつ

Kanji

銑pig iron
鉄iron

Similar words

鋼はがね
鋼 is steel, a refined product made from pig iron; 銑鉄 is the raw, high-carbon intermediate.
鋳ちゅう鉄てつ
鋳鉄 is cast iron, made by remelting pig iron and pouring it into molds; 銑鉄 is the unshaped raw material.

Etymology

The kanji 銑 means 'pig iron' and 鉄 means 'iron'. The reading せんてつ is the standard Sino-Japanese reading; ずくてつ is a native Japanese reading of the same characters, now rare.