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

shí zì to learn to read
率 shí zì lǜ literacy rate
率 shí zì lǜ literacy rate
识文断 shí wén duàn zì literate; a cultured person
識文斷 shí wén duàn zì literate; a cultured person
累累 chì zì lěi lěi debt-ridden; heavily laden with debt
走背 zǒu bèi zì to have bad luck
走背儿 zǒu bèi zì r erhua variant of 走背字[zou3 bei4 zi4]
走背兒 zǒu bèi zì r erhua variant of 走背字[zou3 bei4 zi4]
载酒问 zài jiǔ wèn zì a scholarly and inquisitive individual (idiom)
載酒問 zài jiǔ wèn zì a scholarly and inquisitive individual (idiom)
锁 zhuàn zì suǒ combination lock
鎖 zhuàn zì suǒ combination lock
转注 zhuǎn zhù zì transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character with meanings influenced by other words; sometimes called mutually explanatory character
轉注 zhuǎn zhù zì transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character with meanings influenced by other words; sometimes called mutually explanatory character
通假 tōng jiǎ zì phonetic loan character; using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
通用符集 tōng yòng zì fú jí universal character set UCS
通用汉标准交换码 tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ UCS, Chinese character coding adopted in PRC 1986; abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[tong1 yong4 ma3]
通用漢標準交換碼 tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ UCS, Chinese character coding adopted in PRC 1986; abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[tong1 yong4 ma3]
zào zì to create Chinese characters; cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
符 lián zì fú hyphen
符 lián zì fú hyphen
符号 lián zì fú hào hyphen
符號 lián zì fú hào hyphen
號 lián zì hào hyphen (punct.)