懂中文 Dong Chinese

鉄

zhí, tiě, zhì

iron

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 失 represents the sound.

Components
釒 meaning component

釒  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

失 sound component

失  Sound component

shī

  

lose

Definitions

鉄  

zhí

iron; strong, solid, firm

鉄  

tiě

old variant of 鐵|铁[tiě]

鉄  

zhì

old variant of 紩[zhì]