鉄槌

See also: 鐵鎚 and 鐵錘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鉄	槌
てつ > てっ Grade: 3	つい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
鐵槌 (kyūjitai) 鉄鎚 鉄つい

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てっつい [tèttsúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [te̞t̚t͡sɨi]

Etymology 1

Noun

鉄(てっ)槌(つい) • (tettsui) 

1. iron hammer
2. (figuratively) crushing blow
   • 2013, Korean Central News Agency, “Traitor Jang Song Thaek Executed”

     判(はん)決(けつ)文(ぶん)の一(いっ)節(せつ)一(いっ)節(せつ)は、反(はん)党・反(とう・はん)革(かく)命(めい)分(ぶん)派(ぱ)分(ぶん)子(し)であり、凶(きょう)悪(あく)な政(せい)治(じ)的(てき)野(や)心(しん)家(か)、陰(いん)謀(ぼう)家(か)である張(チャン)成(ソン)沢(テク)の頭(ず)上(じょう)に下(くだ)された憎(ぞう)悪(お)と憤(ふん)激(げき)に満(み)ちたわが軍(ぐん)隊(たい)と人(じん)民(みん)のしゅん厳(げん)な鉄(てっ)槌(つい)同(どう)様(よう)であった。

     Hanketsubun no issetsu-issetsu wa, hantō hankakumei bunpa bunshi de ari, kyōaku na seijiteki yashinka, inbōka de aru Chan Son-teku no zujō ni kudasareta zōo to fungeki ni michita waga guntai to jinmin no shungen na tettsui dōyō de atta.

     Every sentence of the decision served as sledge-hammer blow brought down by our angry service personnel and people on the head of Jang, an anti-party, counter-revolutionary factional element and despicable political careerist and trickster.

Derived terms

• 鉄(てっ)槌(つい)を下(くだ)す (tettsui o kudasu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鉄	槌
かな Grade: 3	つち > づち Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鐵槌 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄槌 – see the following entry.

【金槌かなづち】 [noun] a hammer with at least a metal head, or possibly made entirely of metal [noun] (figurative) someone who cannot swim at all (as a metal hammer sinks quickly in water) Alternative spelling 鉄鎚

(This term, 鉄槌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)