IRON    鐵

COMMON METAL USED FOR MAKING TOOLS. []
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 GEOGRAPHY 30. 鐵，從戰國起，已作鐵的通稱。 鉅，堅硬的天然優質鐵，生西南瘴海中山石上，狀如紫石英。 鍇，鐵，九江方言詞。 鋼，鐵和碳的合金，鐵中之堅韌者。
Modern Chinese Criteria
鐵 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • METAL　HARD INTENSELY HEAVY SUBSTANCE OFTEN USED FOR PRODUCING ARTEFACTS, TOOLS, AND WEAPONS. [] (anc: 5/0, child: 7)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 208

    Eisengewinnung:

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 2.961

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 181

    • Words (2 items)

    鐵  tiě OC: kh-liiɡ MC: thet 19 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 金/METAL Jīn 金 in antiquity usually refers to metal, concretely to bronze or copper.

      Syntactic words
    • nmiron
    • nmadNmade of iron, iron
    鉅  jù OC: ɡaʔ MC: gi̯ɤ 1 Attribution

    Jù 鉅 refers to hard iron.

      Syntactic words
    • nmhard iron (XUN)
    • nmadNmade of hard iron