鐵
tiěTiě HSK3

iron

铁 (鐵) tiě frequency
iron noun
the chemical element or metal iron

这个架子是铁做的。

zhè gè jià​zi shì tiě zuò de.

This shelf is made of iron.

unshakeable noun
hard, strong, determined, or unalterable

这是铁的事实。

zhè shì tiě de shì​shí.

This is an ironclad fact.

close noun
tight or close relationship between people (slang)

他们俩的关系特别铁。

tā​men liǎ de guān​xi tè​bié tiě.

The two of them have a very solid relationship.

weapons punctuation
arms or weapons, often used in a literary or historical context

他手无寸铁。

tā shǒu​wú​cùn​tiě.

He is completely unarmed.

铁 (鐵) Tiě
Tie proper name
surname Tie

铁先生在吗？

Tiě xiān​sheng zài ma?

Is Mr. Tie in?

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
779th most common 236.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,135th most common 79.9 per million appears in 28% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
28.1 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
70.2 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Simplified
铁
Strokes
21
Unicode
U+9435

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)