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 <WL>铁(F鐵) [tiě] iron metal (Fe); 钢铁 iron and steel; 铁轨 rail (铁路 ‘railroad’); 铁锈 rust; 磁铁 magnet@@  [dié] cf. 鐵
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-The full-form character 鐵(􂜶) tiě ‘iron (metal)’ combines 金 ‘metal’, and 𢧜(􁰓𢧤) zhì ‘great strength’ (phonosemantic).
+The simple-form character 铁 is an abbrev. of the full-form character 鐵, with 钅 for 金, and replacing the full-form component 𢧜 (13 strokes) with 失 (5 strokes); the simple form 铁 derives from an older abbrev. form 鉄.
-	Note: The old component 𢧜(􁰓𢧤) zhì ‘great strength’ combines 大 ‘great’, and 戜(􂍘) dié ‘sharp edge; cut’ (phonosemantic), in which 戈(􂍍) ‘lance-axe’, and 呈(􀎤) chéng ‘balanced’ (phonetic).
+	The Shuōwén Seal form of 鐵(􂜶) tiě ‘iron (metal)’ combines 金 ‘metal’, and 𢧜(􁰓𢧤) zhì ‘great strength’ (phonosemantic).
-	The simple-form character 铁 abbreviates the full-form component 𢧜 to 失 shī (phonetic); 铁 derives from an older abbrev. form 鉄.
+	In the simple-form character 铁 the full-form component 𢧜 becomes 失 shī (phonetic).
+	Compare: 跌(􀗆) diē, 迭(􀓢) dié, 佚(􁘜) yì/dié.
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