Read Edit View history Discussion 铁 tiě HSK2 iron Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 失 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐵. Pinyin Separate values with commas tiě × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鐵 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 钅 is a component form of 金. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 铁 Simp strokes 铁 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 铁 Simp strokes 铁 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 铁 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 285, 804 ], [ 309, 780 ], [ 320, 758 ], [ 266, 653 ], [ 208, 561 ], [ 147, 479 ], [ 74, 396 ], [ 50, 378 ] ], [ [ 261, 594 ], [ 319, 604 ], [ 396, 631 ], [ 438, 635 ] ], [ [ 194, 463 ], [ 238, 462 ], [ 357, 502 ], [ 407, 508 ] ], [ [ 147, 313 ], [ 207, 313 ], [ 336, 355 ], [ 397, 364 ] ], [ [ 243, 439 ], [ 273, 424 ], [ 279, 414 ], [ 284, 269 ], [ 272, 168 ], [ 277, 142 ], [ 312, 149 ], [ 418, 225 ] ], [ [ 488, 638 ], [ 519, 612 ], [ 510, 562 ], [ 483, 488 ], [ 435, 419 ] ], [ [ 522, 512 ], [ 533, 520 ], [ 609, 524 ], [ 758, 565 ], [ 792, 560 ] ], [ [ 428, 348 ], 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