zi

letter, character, word

HSK 1 #393

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

母表 zì mǔ biǎo alphabet
白纸黑 bái zhǐ hēi zì (written) in black and white
rèn zì literate; knowing how to read
象形文 xiàng xíng wén zì pictogram; hieroglyph
样 zì yàng model or template character; written slogan or phrase; mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
化 shù zì huà to digitalize; digital
不提 zhī zì bù tí not to mention (idiom); to say not one word; fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic); to censor
形 zì xíng form of a Chinese character; variant of 字型[zi4 xing2]
员 dǎ zì yuán typist
符 zì fú character (computing)
红十 hóng shí zì Red Cross
bā zì the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
大写母 dà xiě zì mǔ capital letters; uppercase letters
hàn zì Chinese character; CL:個|个[ge4]; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja; Vietnamese: hán tự
型 zì xíng font; typeface
台 xiě zì tái writing desk
句 zì jù words; expressions; writing
据 zì jù written pledge; contract; IOU
cuò zì incorrect character; typo (in Chinese text)
里行间 zì lǐ háng jiān between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning; connotations
zāng zì obscenity
楼 xiě zì lóu office building
数 zì shù number of written characters; number of words; word count
头 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
关键 guān jiàn zì keyword