• 777th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 166 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tiě (tie3)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

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)

Uncommon

打铁 (打鐵)
拿铁 (拿鐵)
滑铁卢 (滑鐵盧)
磁铁 (磁鐵)
钢铁 (鋼鐵)
铁人 (鐵人)
铁匠 (鐵匠)
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)
铁观音 (鐵觀音)
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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  • 305th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 333 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Lu4)surname Lu
2. (lu4)road • CL:條|条[tiao2] • journey • route • line (bus etc) • sort • kind

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (lu4)The component is pronounced as 'zu' (zu5). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一路 
公路 
走路 
路上 
路口 
路过 (路過)
路边 (路邊)
道路 
马路 (馬路)

Uncommon

上路 
出路 
十字路口 
半路 
南京路 
卡路里 
去路 
同路 
问路 (問路)
套路 
山路 
带路 (帶路)
后路 (後路)
心路 
思路 
指路 
末路 
歧路 
死路 
沿路 
狭路 (狹路)
短路 
线路 (線路)
行路 
赶路 (趕路)
路人 
路子 
路径 (路徑)
路易 
路易威登 
路况 (路況)
路灯 (路燈)
路由器 
路程 
路线 (路線)
路虎 
路费 (路費)
路面 
迷路 
退路 
铁路 (鐵路)
开路 (開路)
陌路 
电路 (電路)
顺路 (順路)
高速路 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.