zi

character; symbol; word

HSK 1 #393

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 393rd character
Radical ⼦ (39.3)
Strokes 6
Index # 548

Definitions

字 zì
  1. 1. character
  2. 2. symbol
  3. 3. word
  4. 4. letter
  5. 5. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
  6. 6. CL

Stroke order

字 stroke order diagram
字 stroke order animation

Words containing 字

Word Meaning
bad luck
kyujitai, traditional Japanese character used before 1946
kyujitai, traditional Japanese character used before 1946
lit. there is a knife above the character for lust
lit. there is a knife above the character for lust
grass radical cǎo
grass radical cǎo
the Rosicrucian order (masonic order)
the Rosicrucian order (masonic order)
tiger radical in Chinese characters
tiger radical in Chinese characters
courtesy name in ancient China
ideograph; ideographical writing system
Cyrillic alphabet; Cyrillic letters
Cyrillic alphabet; Cyrillic letters
speech radical on left side of a character
erroneous character; typographical error
erroneous character; typographical error
betrothed
betrothed
knowing how to read; literate
Shuowen Jiezi; classic Han dictionary of characters
Shuowen Jiezi, early Chinese character dictionary
Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi
Duan Yucai’s notes on Shuowen Jiezi