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

liàn zì to craft one's words
liàn zì to craft one's words
shú zì familiar words; known Chinese character
独体 dú tǐ zì single-component character
獨體 dú tǐ zì single-component character
生冷 shēng lěng zì obscure or archaic character
shēng zì new character (in textbook); character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
生辰八 shēng chén bā zì one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén zì oracle script; oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
lüè zì abbreviated character; simplified character
画十 huà shí zì to make the sign of the cross; to make a cross (on paper)
畫十 huà shí zì to make the sign of the cross; to make a cross (on paper)
异体 yì tǐ zì variant Chinese character
異體 yì tǐ zì variant Chinese character
bái zì wrongly written or mispronounced character
白紙黑 bái zhǐ hēi zì (written) in black and white
máng zì braille
相同名 xiāng tóng míng zì like-named; having the same name
号 shěng zì hào an apostrophe (punct.)
號 shěng zì hào an apostrophe (punct.)
破音 pò yīn zì character with two or more readings; character where different readings convey different meanings (Tw)
破体 pò tǐ zi non-standard or corrupted form of a Chinese character
破體 pò tǐ zi non-standard or corrupted form of a Chinese character
mǎ zì numeral; digit; counter
mǎ zì numeral; digit; counter