李铁拐

Traditional form:

李鐵拐

Pinyin (reading):

Lǐ Tiěguǎi

Definitions:

• Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 ( Bāxiān) in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine

Characters:

• 李 - plum; luggage; surname
• 铁 - iron; strong, solid, firm
• 拐 - to kidnap, to abduct; to turn; crutch

Traditional characters:

• 李 - plum; luggage; surname
• 鐵 - iron; strong, solid, firm
• 拐 - to kidnap, to abduct; to turn; crutch