字 zì — character; word; calligraphy
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Level 1 · Common HSK 2 #548
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Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (会意兼形声。从宀( mián)从子,子亦声。在屋内生孩子。本义:生孩子)
- give birth to e.g 字乳 · 字育
- be pregnant e.g 字牝 · 字孕 · 字马
- bring up e.g 字养 · 字民 · 字育 · 字孤
- love e.g 字孤 · 字爱
- teach
- govern
- style
- girl remain to be betrothed e.g 字人
noun
- word;characters e.g 字号字音篆字 字指 · 字格 · 字债 · 字学 · 中国字,汉字 · 字脚 · 字养
- another name taken at the age of twenty
- (person's) name and alias
- receipt;contract e.g 字据 立字为凭
- wording;words;diction;words or phrases used in certain context e.g 他用字准确 · 在创业者的字典里找不到“害怕”这个字
- handwriting e.g 字仿 · 他写一手好字 · 她的字很难认
- calligraphy
- scripts
- letter
- form of a written or printed character;style of hand writing e.g 颜字 · 柳字
- pronunciation of a character e.g 咬字字正腔圆
- 姓
Related words
- 文字 character; script; writing
- 名字 name
- 数字 numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc)
- 签字 to sign
- 数字化 to digitalize/digital
- 汉字 Chinese character
- 赤字 deficit; red ink; shortfall; negative balance
- 红十字会 the Red Cross
- 大字 large characters; big-size type
- 字样 "model or template character/words writ large (e.g. slogan 标语 on banner, stamp "
- 识字 to learn to read
- 字母 letter (of the alphabet)
- 金字塔 pyramid
- 大字报 big-character poster (esp. of the 1950s–70s)
- 字典 dictionary
- 八字 character 8 or 八/eight characters (of a policy slogan, or of birthdate informati
- 字眼 choice of words; wording; expression
- 写字台 a writing desk
- 字迹 handwriting
- 字形 form of a Chinese character/glyph (the shape of a character or symbol in a parti