鐵

See also 鉄, and 铁

Translingual

Han character

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

1. iron
2. strong, solid, firm
3. railway

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

鐵 (simplified 铁, Yale tit3)

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Japanese

Kanji

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

1. iron

Readings

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

Usage notes

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 Superseded by shinjitai form 鉄.

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Korean

Hanja

鐵
Eumhun:

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

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

Compounds

• 繼鐵 (계철)
• 電鐵 (전철)
• 地下鐵 (지하철)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鐵 (simplified 铁, pinyin tiě (tie3), Wade-Giles t'ieh³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鐵 (thiết, sắt)