Read Edit View history 鐵 tiěTiě HSK3 iron Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 𢧤 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas tiě × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 铁 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鐵 Simp strokes 鐵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鐵 Simp strokes 鐵 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鐵 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 270, 780 ], [ 299, 748 ], [ 258, 639 ], [ 174, 506 ], [ 109, 435 ], [ 61, 391 ], [ 49, 389 ], [ 46, 381 ] ], [ [ 319, 691 ], [ 387, 647 ], [ 403, 622 ] ], [ [ 178, 451 ], [ 235, 452 ], [ 337, 483 ], [ 370, 485 ] ], [ [ 166, 319 ], [ 226, 324 ], [ 327, 357 ], [ 365, 360 ] ], [ [ 252, 431 ], [ 279, 413 ], [ 281, 389 ], [ 281, 173 ], [ 264, 144 ] ], [ [ 132, 246 ], [ 191, 198 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