鋳 means “cast, mint”

ちゅう · chuu

Also: casting

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

いる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チュウ, イ, シュ, シュウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 15 strokes

The story

Metal (金) beside 寿, long life: molten metal poured into a mold to last for centuries. 鋳造 is casting, 鋳型 the mold, and Iwate's heavy iron kettles, 南部鉄器, are 鋳物, cast ironware.

Used in 鋳造 (chuuzou, casting), 鋳物 (imono, cast metal), and 鋳型 (igata, mold)

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