Chinese symbol for “iron”
铁
tiě
Traditional: 鐵
iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard
The closest CC-CEDICT match for iron is 铁 (tiě), defined as: iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “iron”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铁杆 (鐵桿) | tiě gān | iron (golf club) |
| 熨 | yùn | an iron; to iron |
| 熨烫 (熨燙) | yùn tàng | to iron (clothes) |
| 烫衣 (燙衣) | tàng yī | to iron (clothes) |
| 烫 (燙) | tàng | to scald; to burn (by scalding) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铁路 (鐵路) | tiě lù | railroad; railway |
| 地铁 (地鐵) | dì tiě | underground railway; subway; subway train |
| 钢铁 (鋼鐵) | gāng tiě | steel |
| 高铁 (高鐵) | gāo tiě | high speed rail |
| 地铁站 (地鐵站) | dì tiě zhàn | subway station |
| 铁道 (鐵道) | tiě dào | railway line; rail track |
See also: Japanese symbol for “iron”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.