Chinese Character Wiki
铁

tiě

iron

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 失 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐵.

Components
钅 meaning component

钅  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

失 sound component

失  Sound component

shī

  

lose

Evolution

铁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
铁 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
铁 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
铁 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

铁 (鐵) 

tiě

iron; strong, solid, firm; iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)

铁 (鐵) 

Tiě

surname Tie

Most common words with 铁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

铁

arms

地铁

subway

铁路

railroad

钢铁

steel

铁轨

rail

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥ˤik

thet

tiě

iron


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 28.0474% of movies

1135th most common character in movies

779th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

鐵

Unicode

U+94C1


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