冶

Han character

冶 (radical 15, 冫+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈一戈口 (IMIR), four-corner 3316₀, composition ⿰冫台)

1. to smelt, to fuse metals
2. cast, found

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冶
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation

Definitions

冶

1. to smelt (metal)

   冶煉 / 冶炼  ―  yěliàn  ―  to smelt (metal)

   冶金  ―  yějīn  ―  metallurgy

   陶冶  ―  táoyě  ―  to make pottery and smelt metal; (by extension) to shape; to cultivate

2. ^† smelter (someone who casts metal)
3. ^† smelting furnace
4. ^† smelter (a place where smelting or casting is done)
5. (pejorative, of woman's look) seductive; bewitching

   妖冶  ―  yāoyě  ―  seductive; bewitching

   冶容  ―  yěróng  ―  to dress up seductively; seductive look

6. ^† Alternative form of 野 (yě).
7. A surname​.

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. melting

Hanja

冶 • (ya) (hangeul 야, revised ya, McCune–Reischauer ya)

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