鐵

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See also: 铁
鐵 U+9435, 鐵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9435
← 鐴
[U+9434] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鐶 →
[U+9436]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 鐵
Shinjitai 鉄
Simplified 铁

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 鐵
simp. 铁
alternative forms
 
𨬿
鐡
𨮯
𨫓
銕
鉄
䥫
鋨
Chemical element
Fe
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Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (呈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
挰 *rleːŋ
鋥 *rleːŋs
逞 *l̥ʰeŋʔ
裎 *l̥ʰeŋʔ, *rleŋ
悜 *l̥ʰeŋʔ
睈 *l̥ʰeŋʔ
呈 *rleŋ, *l'eŋs
程 *rleŋ
酲 *rleŋ
珵 *rleŋ
徎 *rleŋʔ, *l̥ʰeːŋʔ
郢 *leŋʔ
浧 *leŋʔ
桯 *l̥ʰeːŋ, *ɦleːŋ
鞓 *l̥ʰeːŋ
壬 *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm
鐵 *l̥ʰiːɡ
驖 *l̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iːɡ
戜 *l'iːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l̥ʰiːɡ): semantic 釒 + phonetic 𢧜.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (“iron”). Cognate with Tibetan ལྕགས (lcags). Originally written as 銕.

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • thih - colloquial;
  • thiat - literary.
  • Wu
    Rime
    Character 鐵
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 透 (6)
    Final (韻) 屑 (87)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 他結切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/tʰet̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/tʰet̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/tʰɛt̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/tʰɛt̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/tʰet̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/tʰiet̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/tʰiet̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		tie
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 鐵
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		tiě
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ thet ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*l̥ˁik/
    English 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 鐵
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 1447
    Phonetic
    component         		呈
    Rime
    group         		質
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		鐵
    Old
    Chinese         		/*l̥ʰiːɡ/

    Definitions[edit]

    鐵

    1. iron (Fe)
    2. railway
    3. arms; weapon
    4. strong; solid; firm
    5. ironclad; hard
    6. intimate
    7. ruthless
    8. A surname​.
    Synonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 鐵

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic (鐵):
    • → Japanese: 鉄(てつ) (tetsu)
    • → Korean: 철 (鐵, cheol)

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai

    		鉄

    Kyūjitai

    		鐵

    Kanji[edit]

    鐵

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

    1. Kyūjitai form of 鉄 (“iron”)

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    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[edit]

    • 繼鐵 (계철)
    • 電鐵 (전철)
    • 地下鐵 (지하철)

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    鐵 (thiết, sắt)

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