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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: テツ、わだちい、わだち
Romaji: tetsu, wadachii, wadachi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

rut, wheel track

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  19
Radical Number:  159
Frequency:  2484
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-7-12
Korean Reading:  cheol
Chinese Reading:  zhe2
Unicode:  8f4d
JIS:  4532

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4640
New Nelson Index: 5988
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7c12.1
Four Corner Index: 5804.0
Japanese Names Index: 2874
Daikanwanjiten Index: 38524
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.1063

Words

(わだち、てつ)
rut; wheel track; furrow
前轍 (ぜんてつ)
wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before
転轍 (てんてつ)
switching or shunting (of a rail car)
途轍もない (とてつもない)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; preposterous; unreasonable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary; monumental
前轍を踏む (ぜんてつをふむ)
to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...
転轍機 (てんてつき)
switch (of a railroad); points (of a railway)
轍叉 (てっさ)
railway frog
転轍手 (てんてつしゅ)
switchman; pointsman; rail transport worker who operated railway switches (points)
前車の轍を踏む (ぜんしゃのてつをふむ)
to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut of the preceding cart
轍を踏む (てつをふむ)
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut (left by someone else)
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