鐵

See also: 铁

Translingual

Traditional	鐵
Shinjitai	鉄
Simplified	铁

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

trad.		鐵
simp.		铁
alternative forms		𨬿 鐡 𨮯 𨫓 銕 𨬿 鐡 𨮯 𨫓 銕 鉄 䥫 鋨

Chemical element
Fe
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Next: 鈷／钴 (Co)

Glyph origin

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／形声, OC *l̥ʰiːɡ) : semantic 釒 + phonetic 𢧜 ().

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鐵

1. iron (Fe)
2. railway
3. arms; weapon
4. strong; solid; firm
5. ironclad; hard
6. intimate
7. ruthless
8. a surname

Synonyms

• (iron): (Min Nan) 鐵仔／铁仔

Compounds

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Japanese

Shinjitai	鉄
Kyūjitai	鐵

Kanji

鐵

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

1. Kyūjitai form of 鉄 (“iron”)

Readings

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

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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

(deprecated template usage) 鐵 (thiết, sắt)

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