Chinese Character 鉄 Meanings and components.

Form

鉄

Meaning

鉄 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 鐵|铁[Tie3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鉄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and to lose (失)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with CHQO

How to write 鉄

To write鉄zhi2old variant … you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 失shi1to lose arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 失 = 鉄

鉄 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 鉄 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 鉄, looks as follow:

鉄
Pinyin:zhi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 鐵|铁[Tie3]
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
失
Pinyin:shi1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Lose . To Miss . To Fail
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
夫
Pinyin:fu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Husband . Man . Manual Worker . Conscripted Laborer (Old)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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