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铁

tiě

iron; strong, solid, firm

🔤 Pictophonetic: 钅 (metal) provides meaning, 失 provides pronunciation

HSK 3 10 strokes Very Common (8%)

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to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect

⿰钅失 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

jīn

钅

gold, metal; money

📷 Pictographic: A cast-iron bell; compare 金

5 strokes

shī

失

to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect

💡 Ideographic: Something 丿 falling from a hand 夫

5 strokes HSK 4

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

fū

夫

man, husband; worker; those

💡 Ideographic: A man 大 wearing a coming-of-age hairpin 一

4 strokes HSK 2

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

dà

大

big, great, vast, high, deep

💡 Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 铁 (195)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical

zhǎndīngjiétiě

斩钉截铁 ↗

HSK 6

lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical

铁 ↗

tiě

iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)

tiě

铁 ↗

iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)

iron wire / CL:[[根<gēn>]]

tiěsī

铁丝 ↗

iron wire / CL:[[根<gēn>]]

钢铁侠 ↗

Gāngtiěxiá

Iron Man, comic book superhero

Gāngtiěxiá

钢铁侠 ↗

Iron Man, comic book superhero

铁轨 ↗

tiěguǐ

rail / railroad track / CL:[[根<gēn>]]

tiěguǐ

铁轨 ↗

rail / railroad track / CL:[[根<gēn>]]

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