Radical
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
5
Mandarin
tiě
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
5 strokes
Strokes
10 strokes
Mandarin
tiě

Definitions by reading

tih4
Mandarin equivalent tiě
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng tih4 Chaoyang tih4 Chenghai tih4 Jieyang tih4 Raoping tih4 Shantou tih4
①金属元素,符号Fe,纯铁灰白色,质坚硬。有光泽,富延展性。易生锈。用途极大
②坚硬:铁拳
③<潮>很,非常:铁好
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

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透母 四等 開口 先韵 入声 他結切
Reconstruction:
Original

說文云:黑金也,神異經云:南方有獸,名曰齧鐵,大如水牛,色如漆,食鐵飲水,其糞可作兵器,其利如鋼也,又虜複姓,赫連勃勃改其支庶爲鐵伐氏,云庶朕宗族子孫剛銳如鐵,皆堪伐人也,又作鐵,俗作䥫,他結切八。