zi

letter, character, word

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DEFINITIONS

字 zì
  • letter
  • symbol
  • character
  • word
  • CL:個|个[ge4]
  • courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

STROKES

WORDS

謎 zì mí letter puzzle
跡 zì jì handwriting
集 zì jí character set
音 zì yīn phonetic value of a character
頭 zì tóu first letter of a word or serial number; first character of a Chinese word; first digit of a number; the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character; the initial of a Chinese syllable
首 zì shǒu prefix
體 zì tǐ calligraphic style; typeface; font
xiě zì to write characters
板 xiě zì bǎn writing tablet; clipboard
板 xiě zì bǎn writing tablet; clipboard
樓 xiě zì lóu office building
檯 xiě zì tái writing desk
小写母 xiǎo xiě zì mǔ lowercase (letters)
小寫母 xiǎo xiě zì mǔ lowercase (letters)
梁 gōng zì liáng I-beam
钢 gōng zì gāng I-beam
鋼 gōng zì gāng I-beam
头 zuǒ zì tóu "top of 左 character" component in Chinese characters
頭 zuǒ zì tóu "top of 左 character" component in Chinese characters
希腊母 xī là zì mǔ Greek alphabet
希臘母 xī là zì mǔ Greek alphabet
常用 cháng yòng zì everyday words
平滑 píng huá zì sans serif (typography)
康熙典 kāng xī zì diǎn the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries
形声 xíng shēng zì radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character