Read Edit View history Discussion 鉄 tiězhì iron Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 失 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhí ×tiě ×zhì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 釒 is a component form of 金. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鉄 Simp strokes 鉄 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鉄 Simp strokes 鉄 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鉄 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 305, 771 ], [ 326, 752 ], [ 342, 723 ], [ 327, 690 ], [ 258, 568 ], [ 213, 502 ], [ 127, 392 ], [ 61, 328 ] ], [ [ 349, 658 ], [ 365, 658 ], [ 420, 631 ], [ 459, 591 ] ], [ [ 220, 443 ], [ 278, 438 ], [ 369, 463 ], [ 421, 465 ] ], [ [ 190, 299 ], [ 255, 301 ], [ 365, 330 ], [ 421, 334 ] ], [ [ 293, 416 ], [ 321, 395 ], [ 322, 163 ], [ 317, 141 ], [ 305, 130 ] ], [ [ 164, 227 ], [ 218, 184 ], [ 239, 146 ] ], [ [ 421, 279 ], [ 436, 257 ], [ 383, 186 ] ], [ [ 117, 61 ], [ 173, 48 ], [ 466, 162 ] ], [ [ 532, 638 ], [ 555, 608 ], [ 536, 546 ], [ 504, 488 ], [ 440, 418 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347 347 L 351 402 Q 349 418 331 428 C 306 445 276 447 285 418 Q 294 396 296 329 L 297 289 Q 298 228 300 120 C 301 90 341 102 342 132 Z", "M 174 196 L 218 145 Q 227 135 237 133 Q 255 131 253 165 L 251 177 Q 249 191 227 207 Q 172 237 161 235 Q 157 234 157 223 Q 158 215 174 196 Z", "M 380 180 Q 386 180 390 184 Q 435 229 461 246 Q 482 256 447 278 Q 433 288 423 288 Q 410 288 412 276 Q 412 273 412 272 Q 414 265 411 252 Q 406 241 401 231 L 380 192 Q 376 186 380 180 Z", "M 123 78 L 120 78 Q 114 78 110 74 Q 98 66 106 52 Q 109 48 121 39 L 167 10 L 169 10 Q 180 8 188 16 Q 231 46 413 122 Q 416 123 422 127 Q 472 149 472 165 Q 466 171 454 168 L 342 132 L 300 120 Q 257 110 181 86 Q 153 77 123 78 Z", "M 559 541 Q 566 557 575 571 Q 594 606 596 610 Q 600 620 588 629 Q 561 647 543 651 Q 515 659 515 637 L 515 635 Q 535 557 466 465 Q 457 461 437 423 Q 433 414 437 413 Q 445 410 471 431 Q 517 467 547 518 L 559 541 Z", "M 695 523 Q 809 555 814 559 Q 818 563 819 567 Q 821 583 782 592 Q 757 598 698 570 L 649 557 Q 628 547 559 541 C 529 538 520 531 547 518 L 548 518 Q 578 500 608 504 L 647 512 L 695 523 Z", "M 635 367 Q 632 365 464 331 Q 443 328 460 312 Q 480 296 496 292 Q 514 288 545 300 Q 594 316 629 319 L 680 329 Q 756 342 848 349 Q 899 349 905 361 Q 907 369 902 377 L 894 384 L 892 386 Q 880 394 869 399 Q 829 417 780 406 L 684 378 L 635 367 Z", "M 647 512 Q 643 416 635 367 L 629 319 Q 602 184 527 102 Q 481 59 408 16 Q 394 8 394 3 Q 396 -1 409 -1 Q 422 -5 466 12 Q 610 56 660 225 Q 667 259 670 269 L 676 303 Q 676 318 680 329 L 684 378 Q 688 425 695 523 L 698 570 Q 699 647 727 727 Q 732 737 728 746 Q 720 760 686 776 Q 641 797 623 786 Q 619 784 618 781 Q 615 776 624 760 Q 646 722 648 677 Q 649 568 649 557 L 647 512 Z", "M 670 269 Q 727 163 808 32 Q 825 12 854 10 Q 881 8 898 8 Q 994 2 996 14 Q 996 16 984 25 Q 853 94 800 147 L 680 298 Q 679 302 676 303 C 657 326 656 295 670 269 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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