Unicode: U+94C1

Pinyin: tiě

Definition

* 一种金属元素,工业上用途极广,可以炼钢,可制各种器械,亦是生物体中不可缺少的物质。 * 形容坚硬。 ~拳。~军。~骑。金戈~马。~汉。~蹄。~腕。 * 形容确定不移。 ~铮铮。~的纪律。~证。 * 形容刚正。 ~面无私。 * 形容表情严肃。 他总是~着脸。 * 黑色。 ~骊。~青。 * 兵器的代称。 手无寸~。 * 姓

iron; strong, solid, firm

Structure

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Related substructures

Precursors

Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC