tiě

铁

iron; strong, solid, firm

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地铁 dì tiě underground railway; subway; subway train HSK 2

地铁站 dì tiě zhàn subway station HSK 2

铁路 tiě lù railroad; railway HSK 3

高铁 gāo tiě high speed rail HSK 4

钢铁 gāng tiě steel

斩钉截铁 zhǎn dīng jié tiě lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical

Pictophonetic: metal

Same radical 钅

qián 钱 cuò 错 zhōng 钟 yín 银 zhēn 针 suǒ 锁 guō 锅 jiàn 键

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tiē 贴

Also HSK 3

bǎ 把 bèi 被 shí 时 bìng 并 suǒ 所 sǐ 死 zhǒng 种 xīn 心