铁锈带 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Tiěxiùdài

rust belt

tiě iron Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 失 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐵.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

失 Sound component

shī lose

Change in sound

铁 and 失 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
铁 *l̥ˤik
失 *l̥i[t]

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

xiù rust Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 秀 represents the sound. Simplified form of 銹.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

秀 Sound component

xiù elegant, excellent

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

dài belt Simplified

Simplified form of 帶. Pictograph of a woven belt.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

tiě iron Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 𢧤 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

𢧤 Sound component

zhì big

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thet	l̥ˤik	iron

說文解字

《說文》：“鐵，黑金也。从金，聲。，鐵或省。銕，古文鐵从夷。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

xiù rust Traditional

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

metal

肅 Sound component

sù pay respects

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sɯwɢs

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

dài belt Traditional

Pictograph of a woven belt.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tajH	C.tˤa[t]-s	girdle, strap

說文解字

《說文》：“帶，紳也。男子鞶帶，婦人帶絲，象繫佩之形。佩必有巾，从巾。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)