鐵

鐵 — cheol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 쇠 철
Romanization: cheol
English: iron (element 26, Fe); strong, solid, firm
Mandarin: tiě
Japanese on'yomi: テツ, テチ, デチ
Japanese kun'yomi: くろがね
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 21
Variant forms: 鉄銕
Radical: 金 (167, 13 residual)
Phonetic component: 鉄(철)
Unicode: U+9435

Parts that make up 鐵

金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈
載 실을 재

How 鐵 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鐵 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 𢧤.

Korean example words with 鐵

철뢰鐵牢 Korean gloss: 견고한 담
철궤鐵軌 Korean gloss: 철도의 레일
철선鐵船 Korean gloss: 쇠로 만든 배
철재鐵材 Korean gloss: 철로 된 재료
철창鐵槍 Korean gloss: 쇠로 만든 창
비철非鐵 Korean gloss: 철 이외의 금속
철륜鐵輪 Korean gloss: 쇠로 만든 바퀴
철불鐵佛 Korean gloss: 쇠로 만든 부처
철환鐵丸 Korean gloss: ‘처란’의 원말
철갑鐵甲 Korean gloss: 쇠로 둘러씌운 것
철책鐵柵 Korean gloss: 쇠로 만든 울타리
철관鐵棺 Korean gloss: 쇠로 만든 관(棺)

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 鐵

新日本製鐵しんにほんせいてつ Nippon Steel Corporation

Characters sharing the phonetic 鉄

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “철” in Korean.

驖

Other hanja with radical 金

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences