铁

iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #302 U+94C1

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 (semantic, “metal”) + 失 (phonetic, shī)

components: 钅失

iron · Heisig RSH #730

metal + 失 lose

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 失

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 失 (shī) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
失 sound component	shī	to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
迭	dié	repeatedly, frequently
秩	zhì	order; ordered
帙	zhì	book jacket; satchel, bag
轶	yì	to surpass, to overtake, to excel
泆	yì	to overflow; licentious, libertine, dissipated
瓞	dié	young melon
袟	zhì	bag, satchel; book cover
鉄	tiě	iron; strong, solid, firm

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
铁山区	Tiě shān Qū	Tieshan, a district of Huangshi City 黃石市\|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 Shi4], Hubei
铁西区	Tiě xī Qū	Tiexi, a district of Siping City 四平市[Si4 ping2 Shi4], Jilin; Tiexi, a district of Shenyang…
铁力市	Tiě lì Shì	Tieli, a county-level city in Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
地下铁路	dì xià tiě lù	subway
马口铁	mǎ kǒu tiě	tinplate; tin (tin-coated steel)
白口铁	bái kǒu tiě	white iron
点金成铁	diǎn jīn chéng tiě	to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin…
点铁成金	diǎn tiě chéng jīn	to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a litera…
铁东区	Tiě dōng Qū	Tiedong, a district of Siping City 四平市[Si4 ping2 Shi4], Jilin; Tiedong, a district of Ansh…
铁子	tiě zi	(slang) very close friend; bro
铁人	Tiě rén	Ironman
铁格子	tiě gé zi	iron lattice; metal grid
铁山	Tiě shān	see 鐵山區\|铁山区[Tie3 shan1 Qu1]
铁水	tiě shuǐ	molten iron
头铁	tóu tiě	(slang) stubborn; headstrong
生铁	shēng tiě	pig iron
地铁	dì tiě	underground railway; subway; subway train
铁马	tiě mǎ	armored horse; cavalry; metal chimes hanging from eaves; steel barricade; (Tw) bike
白铁	bái tiě	galvanized iron
铁力木	tiě lì mù	ironwood (Mesua ferrea)