Left: metal 钅/金 (Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ (= accent ノ) it is the husband 夫 who loses) [husband 夫 = big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一]
Mnemonic
The metal, you can safely lose (due to its little value) is iron.
The big 大 person with the extra 一 caring arms. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩 or slumped 㔾 person)
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Vocabulary
铁路
tiě lù
railroad; railway
2338
电烙铁
diàn lào tiě
electric iron
8699
铁锈
tiě xiù
rust
8519
踏破铁鞋无觅处,得来全不费工夫
tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu
to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
7221
菱铁矿
líng tiě kuàng
siderite
7171
斩钉截铁
zhǎn dīng jié tiě
to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); resolute and decisive; unhesitating; definitely; without any doubt
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