铁
鐵Tie3
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surname Tie
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
铁 combines 钅 metal, the meaning part, with 失 shī, which gives the sound. It first meant black metal. That grew to iron and steel, then to hard or strong like iron.
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