铁
tiě HSK2

iron

铁 鐵 tiě
iron noun
iron (Fe); the metal used for making steel and tools

我们的身体需要铁来运作。

wǒ​men de shēn​tǐ xū​yào tiě lái yùn​zuò.

Our bodies need iron to function.

weapons adjective
(bound form) weapons or arms; specifically bladed weapons made of metal
firm adjective
firm; solid; hard; strong-willed

我有一个铁胃。

wǒ yǒu yī​ge tiě wèi.

I have an iron stomach.

violent
cruel; violent; cold or heartless
close
(slang) close; tight; used to describe a very close friendship or bond
Tie
a Chinese surname
unshakeable
certain; unalterable; beyond doubt

Cross-References

Has old variant

Has 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 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
鐵
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+94C1

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