Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 8 freq #1710

lead

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

gold kane

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

(wooden) pencil
graphite
zinc (Zn)
colored pencil; coloured pencil
vertical circle
zinc yeast; zinc-enriched yeast
galena
eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana); red cedar
sketch (done by pencil)
writing literature

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

lead (Pb)
lead arsenate
lead carbonate
eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
regular unleaded (petrol, gasoline)
lead dioxide; lead(IV) oxide
lead acetate (i.e. plumbic acetate, plumbous acetate)

Example sentences

He stuck his pencil behind his ear.

He took a pencil in his hand.

Lead bends easily.

This is as heavy as lead.