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鐵

鐵

See also: 铁

Translingual

Traditional 鐵
Shinjitai 鉄
Simplified 铁

Han character

鐵 (radical 167 金+13, 21 strokes, cangjie input 金十戈土 (CJIG), four-corner 83150, composition ⿰金𢧜)

References

  • KangXi: page 1323, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40945
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1823, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4261, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9435

Chinese

trad. 鐵
simp. 铁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (呈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
挰 *rleːŋ
鋥 *rleːŋs
逞 *l̥ʰeŋʔ
裎 *l̥ʰeŋʔ, *rleŋ
悜 *l̥ʰeŋʔ
睈 *l̥ʰeŋʔ
呈 *rleŋ, *l'eŋs
程 *rleŋ
酲 *rleŋ
珵 *rleŋ
徎 *rleŋʔ, *l̥ʰeːŋʔ
郢 *leŋʔ
浧 *leŋʔ
桯 *l̥ʰeːŋ, *ɦleːŋ
鞓 *l̥ʰeːŋ
壬 *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm
鐵 *l̥ʰiːɡ
驖 *l̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iːɡ
戜 *l'iːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l̥ʰiːɡ) : semantic 釒 + phonetic 𢧜.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak ‎(“iron”). Cognate with Tibetan ལྕགས ‎(lcags).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鐵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 屑 (87)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 他結切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tʰet̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tʰet̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tʰɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tʰɛt̚/
Li
Rong		 /tʰet̚/
Wang
Li		 /tʰiet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tʰiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tie
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鐵
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tiě
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ thet ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ˤik/
English iron

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鐵
Reading # 1/1
No. 1447
Phonetic
component		 呈
Rime
group		 質
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 鐵
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ʰiːɡ/

Definitions

鐵

  1. iron (Fe)
  2. railway
  3. arms; weapon
  4. strong; solid; firm
  5. ironclad; hard
  6. intimate
  7. ruthless
  8. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鐵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鉄)

  1. iron

Readings

Usage notes

Not used in modern Japanese. Superseded by the shinjitai form 鉄.

Korean

Hanja

鐵 • ‎(cheol)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 철 (McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏl, Yale: chel)
  • Name (hangeul): 쇠 (revised: soe, McCune-Reischauer: soe)
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Compounds

  • 繼鐵 (계철)
  • 電鐵 (전철)
  • 地下鐵 (지하철)

Vietnamese

Han character

鐵 (thiết, sắt)

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