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

字 stroke order diagram
字 stroke order animation

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