noun
The chemical element lead, a heavy metal. Used in contexts such as materials, chemistry, and environmental topics.
鉛は有害な重金属です。
Lead is a harmful heavy metal.
このパイプは鉛でできている。
This pipe is made of lead.
Standard kanji spelling for the metal lead.
The kanji 鉛 is composed of 金 (metal) and 㕣 (phonetic component), historically used to represent the metal lead. The reading なまり is a native Japanese word.