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鋳る · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Used for pouring molten metal into a mold to create objects such as statues, bells, or coins.

〈物もの〉を鋳いるto cast something (in metal)
職しょく人にんが銅どうで仏ぶつ像ぞうを鋳いた。
The craftsman cast a Buddha statue in bronze.
〈物もの〉で鋳いるto cast using a certain metal/material
この鐘かねは青せい銅どうで鋳いられている。
This bell is cast in bronze.

鋳ちゅう造ぞう
鋳る is the plain, single-kanji verb for casting metal, while 鋳造する is the more formal, technical verb built from the noun 鋳造 and is common in industrial or academic writing.

いるN5
居る (to be/exist, for people or animals) shares the exact reading いる with 鋳る (to cast metal) but has a completely unrelated meaning.
煎いるN2
煎る (to roast or parch, e.g. beans or tea leaves) is pronounced identically to 鋳る but refers to dry-heating food, not casting metal.
射いる
射る (to shoot an arrow) has the same reading いる as 鋳る but means shooting a projectile, not pouring molten metal into a mold.

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The kanji 鋳 means 'cast metal'. The verb 鋳る is a native Japanese verb with the same meaning, likely related to the concept of pouring or solidifying.