Meta:

  1. 铁 is the 777th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 85 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (metal/gold), (human), (two), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tie3 - surname Tie
  2. tie3 - iron (metal)/arms/weapons/hard/strong/violent/unshakeable/determined/close/tight (slang)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
 ()
铁杆 (鐵桿)
铁石心肠 (鐵石心腸)
铁路 (鐵路)
铁面 (鐵面)
高铁 (高鐵)

Medium Frequency

打铁 (打鐵)
拿铁 (拿鐵)
磁铁 (磁鐵)
钢铁 (鋼鐵)
铁人 (鐵人)
铁塔 (鐵塔)
铁定 (鐵定)
铁岭 (鐵嶺)
铁板 (鐵板)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
铁甲 (鐵甲)
铁石 (鐵石)
铁丝 (鐵絲)
铁轨 (鐵軌)
铁道 (鐵道)
铁锅 (鐵鍋)
铁饭碗 (鐵飯碗)
铁马 (鐵馬)
雪铁龙 (雪鐵龍)

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Meta:

  1. 塔 is the 1028th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 70 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (earth), (grass), (human), (one), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ta3 - pagoda/tower/minaret/stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)/CL:座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 塔 (ta3): The component 荅 is pronounced as 'da2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 塔 (ta3): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
金字塔 
铁塔 (鐵塔)

Medium Frequency

佛塔 
卡塔尔 (卡塔爾)
古塔 
塔利班 
塔吊 
塔城 
塔尖 
塔楼 (塔樓)
塔罗 (塔羅)
大雁塔 
娜塔莉 
宝塔 (寶塔)
斜塔 
桑塔纳 (桑塔納)
炮塔 
灯塔 (燈塔)
聚沙成塔 
蛋塔 
象牙塔 
贝塔 (貝塔)
雁塔 
雷峰塔 
电视塔 (電視塔)
高塔 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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