冶 means “smelt, forge”

や · ya

Also: melting, smelting

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

いる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヤ

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The story

Ice (冫) beside 台, a stand: picture red-hot iron on the anvil, then plunged hissing into cold water. 冶金 is metallurgy, and 鍛冶, read かじ, is the blacksmith's craft behind the famous knives of Seki and Sakai.

Used in 冶金 (yakin, metallurgy), 鍛冶 (kaji, blacksmithing), and 陶冶 (touya, cultivating character)

More from Kiln & Forge

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• 製 manufacture
• 創 create
• 巧 skillful
• 陶 pottery
• 珠 pearl
• 匠 artisan
• 拙 clumsy
• 漆 lacquer
• 鋳 cast
• 窯 kiln
• 繕 mend

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.