Chinese symbol for “ironwood”

铁力木

tiě lì mù

Traditional: 鐵力木

ironwood (Mesua ferrea)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ironwood is 铁力木 (tiě lì mù), defined as: ironwood (Mesua ferrea).

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Characters and stroke order

铁 tiě

iron; strong, solid, firm

radical 167 ⾦ · 10 strokes

力 lì

strength, power; capability, influence

radical 19 ⼒ · 2 strokes

木 mù

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

radical 75 ⽊ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

鐵 tiě

Related words

Other words that share a character with 铁力木.

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
能力	néng lì	capability; ability
努力	nǔ lì	to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
木材	mù cái	wood

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.