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10 strokes21 strokes
Character #637 · The First 1000

tiě

iron

iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent

Strokes
1021
TraditionalSimplified
鐵 铁
Poster cell
U23
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • dìtiě underground railway
  • tiělù railroad
  • gāotiě high speed rail
  • gāngtiě steel
  • tiěkuàng iron ore
  • tiěliàn iron chain
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 铁鐵

Write 铁鐵 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, tiě, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell U23 · 28 × 36 grid

铁鐵 is #637 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 铁 mean in English?
铁 (tiě) means "iron": iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent.
How do you pronounce 铁?
铁 is pronounced tiě in pinyin, with the third (dipping) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄊㄧㄝˇ.
How many strokes does 铁 have?
The simplified form, 铁, has 10 strokes. The traditional form, 鐵, has 21.
What is the traditional form of 铁?
The traditional form of 铁 is 鐵. 铁 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 鐵 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 铁?
Common words that use 铁 include 地铁 (dìtiě, underground railway), 铁路 (tiělù, railroad), 高铁 (gāotiě, high speed rail), 钢铁 (gāngtiě, steel).
How common is 铁?
铁 is number 637 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell U23 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.