鉄 = 金 + 失

鉄 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “iron”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 失 (lose).

Keyword: iron
Pinyin (Mandarin): tiě
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: железо
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 鉄 iron

Decomposition

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金 gold
失 lose

How to find 鉄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “lose”. 鉄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鉄 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.