鐵

See also: 鉄 and 铁

Translingual

shinjitai	鉄
simplified	铁
traditional	鐵

Han character

鐵 (radical 167 金+13, 21 strokes, cangjie input 金十戈土 (CJIG), four-corner 8315₀)

References

• KangXi: page 1323, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40945
• Dae Jaweon: page 1823, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4261, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9435

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Chinese

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trad.		鐵
simp.		铁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiě (tie³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): thiet
• Min Nan (POJ): thih
• Wu (WT Romanisation): thiq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Wade-Giles: t'ieh³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiee
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³
    • Yale: tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiet
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /tʰi̯et̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih
    • Tâi-lô: thih
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiʔ³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: thiq (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (鐵, reconstructed)
Character (鐵), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 透 (6) Final: 屑 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 他結切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tʰet̚/	/tʰiet̚/	/tʰet̚/	/tʰet̚/	/tʰɛt̚/	/tʰiet̚/	/tʰɛt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (鐵, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
鐵								tiě								‹ thet ›								/*l̥ ˤik/								iron
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
鐵					1447					呈					質					2					鐵					/*l̥ʰiːɡ/

Definitions

鐵

1. iron (Fe)
2. railway
3. strong, solid, firm
4. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms

• 磁鐵／磁铁

• 鐵中錚錚／铁中铮铮

• 鐵人／铁人

• 鐵公雞／铁公鸡

• 鐵則／铁则

• 鐵匠／铁匠

• 鐵合金／铁合金

• 鐵哥們兒／铁哥们儿

• 鐵器時代／铁器时代

• 鐵塔／铁塔

• 鐵壁銅牆／铁壁铜墙

• 鐵壺／铁壶

• 鐵定／铁定

• 鐵將軍／铁将军

• 鐵工／铁工

• 鐵心／铁心

• 鐵打／铁打

• 鐵拳／铁拳

• 鐵杵磨成針／铁杵磨成针

• 鐵板／铁板

• 鐵板一塊／铁板一块

• 鐵板釘釘／铁板钉钉

• 鐵案如山／铁案如山

• 鐵桶／铁桶

• 鐵桿／铁杆

• 鐵棍／铁棍

• 鐵樹／铁树

• 鐵樹開花／铁树开花

• 鐵橋／铁桥

• 鐵水／铁水

• 鐵活／铁活

• 鐵流／铁流

• 鐵漢／铁汉

• 鐵灰／铁灰

• 鐵牛／铁牛

• 鐵環／铁环

• 鐵甲／铁甲

• 鐵甲艦／铁甲舰

• 鐵甲車／铁甲车

• 鐵畫／铁画

• 鐵畫銀鉤／铁画银钩

• 鐵皮／铁皮

• 鐵石心腸／铁石心肠

• 鐵砂／铁砂

• 鐵窗／铁窗

• 鐵筆／铁笔

• 鐵箍／铁箍

• 鐵算盤／铁算盘

• 鐵管／铁管

• 鐵紗／铁纱

• 鐵索／铁索

• 鐵索橋／铁索桥

• 鐵絲／铁丝

• 鐵腕／铁腕

• 鐵觀音／铁观音

• 鐵證／铁证

• 鐵路／铁路

• 鐵蹄／铁蹄

• 鐵軌／铁轨

• 鐵軍／铁军

• 鐵道／铁道

• 鐵釘／铁钉

• 鐵鉗／铁钳

• 鐵錘／铁锤

• 鐵錚錚／铁铮铮

• 鐵錚錚的／铁铮铮的

• 鐵鍋／铁锅

• 鐵鍬／铁锹

• 鐵鏈／铁链

• 鐵鏽／铁锈

• 鐵锨／铁锨

• 鐵青／铁青

• 鐵面無私／铁面无私

• 鐵飯碗／铁饭碗

• 鐵餅／铁饼

• 鐵馬／铁马

• 鐵騎／铁骑

• 鐵骨錚錚／铁骨铮铮

• 鐵鳥／铁鸟

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Japanese

Kanji

鐵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鉄)

1. iron

Readings

• Goon: てち (techi)
• Kan’on: てつ (tetsu)
• Kun: くろがね (kurogane), かね (kane)
• Nanori: けん (ken), てつ (tetsu)

Usage notes

Not used in modern Japanese. Superseded by shinjitai form 鉄.

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Korean

Hanja

鐵 (cheol)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 철 (McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏl, Yale: chel)

• Name (hangeul): 쇠 (revised: soe, McCune-Reischauer: soe)

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Compounds

• 繼鐵 (계철)
• 電鐵 (전철)
• 地下鐵 (지하철)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鐵 (thiết, sắt)

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