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Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(radical 167 +13, 21 strokes, cangjie input 金十戈土 (CJIG), four-corner 83150, composition𢧜)

References

  • KangXi: page 1323, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40945
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1823, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4261, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9435

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*rleːŋ
*rleːŋs
*l̥ʰeŋʔ
*l̥ʰeŋʔ, *rleŋ
*l̥ʰeŋʔ
*l̥ʰeŋʔ
*rleŋ, *l'eŋs
*rleŋ
*rleŋ
*rleŋ
*rleŋʔ, *l̥ʰeːŋʔ
*leŋʔ
*leŋʔ
*l̥ʰeːŋ, *ɦleːŋ
*l̥ʰeːŋ
*l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm
*l̥ʰiːɡ
*l̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iːɡ
*l'iːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l̥ʰiːɡ) : semantic  + phonetic 𢧜.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (iron). Cognate with Tibetan ལྕགས (lcags).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (6)
Final () (87)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰet̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰet̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/tʰet̚/
Wang
Li
/tʰiet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tie
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tiě
Middle
Chinese
‹ thet ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˤik/
English iron

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 1447
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰiːɡ/

Definitions

  1. iron (Fe)
  2. railway
  3. arms; weapon
  4. strong; solid; firm
  5. ironclad; hard
  6. intimate
  7. ruthless
  8. A surname.

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. iron

Readings

Usage notes

Not used in modern Japanese. Superseded by the shinjitai form .


Korean

Hanja

(cheol)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏl, Yale: chel)
  • Name (hangeul):  (revised: soe, McCune-Reischauer: soe)
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Compounds

  • 繼鐵 (계철)
  • 電鐵 (전철)
  • 地下鐵 (지하철)

Vietnamese

Han character

(thiết, sắt)

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