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Information of 字

Pinyinzì

Radical

子

Strokes

6 strokes

Usage

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Definition

letter / symbol / character / word

字 [zì] 含义: 1. 用来记录语言的符号。 (A symbol used to record language.) 2. 文字的不同形式，书法的派别。 (Different forms of written characters, schools of calligraphy.) 3. 书法的作品。 (A work of calligraphy.) 4. 字的音。 (The pronunciation of a character.) 5. 人的别名，亦称“表～”，现多称“号”；商店的名称，亦称“～号”。 (A person's alias, also known as "biao ~," now mostly called "hao"; the name of a shop, also referred to as “~ hao.”) 6. 合同，契约。 (Contract, agreement.) 7. 旧时称女子出嫁。 (In the past, referred to a woman getting married.) 8. 生子，乳，爱。 (Childbirth, nurturing, love.)字 [zì] 作为动词: 1. 同本义 (give birth to) (Same original meaning.) 引申: - 乳也。(Literally means to nurse.) - 生也。(Means to give birth.) - 妇人疏字者子活，数乳者子死。(A woman who properly gives birth will have living children, while those who do not will have dying children.) 2. 怀孕，体内怀着胎儿 (be pregnant) (To be pregnant, to carry a fetus within.) 3. 抚养;养育;教养 (bring up) (To raise, nurture, and educate.) 4. 爱 (love) (Affection.) 5. 教育;教课;传授知识 (teach) (To teach and impart knowledge.) 6. 治理 (govern) (To manage or govern.) 7. 取名;取表字 (style) (To take a name or an alias.) 8. 女子许嫁 (girl remain to be betrothed) (A woman remains to be betrothed.) 字 [zì] 作为名词: 1. 文字 (古时单体叫文，合体叫字，后人逐渐不再严格区别) (word; characters) (Characters were once classified more strictly, but distinctions have blurred over time.) 2. 表字，人的别名 (another name taken at the age of twenty) (Another name adopted at age twenty, often linked with one's given name.) 3. 名号 (person's name and alias) (The name of a person including any aliases.) 4. 用文字写成的凭据、字条或短柬 (receipt; contract) (A written document, note, or short letter.) 5. 字眼，词 (wording; words; diction) (Specific terms, wording, or phrases used in context.) 6. 字迹 (handwriting) (The style of a person's writing.) 7. 书法 (calligraphy) (The art of writing characters, particularly of Chinese calligraphy.) 8. 书法作品 (scripts) (Artworks created through calligraphy.) 9. 书信 (letter) (A written correspondence.) 10. 字体 (form of a written or printed character) (The style of handwriting or printed text.) 11. 字音 (pronunciation of a character) (The phonetic reading of a character.) 12. 姓 (Surname.)

咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì

to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording

咬字 yǎo zì

to pronounce (clearly or otherwise) / to enunciate

名字 míng zi

name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4]

字句 zì jù

words / expressions / writing

字斟句酌 zì zhēn jù zhuó

weighing every word

数字 shù zì

numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL:個|个[ge4]

文字 wén zì

character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4]

签字 qiān zì

to sign (one's name) / signature

字形 zì xíng

form of a Chinese character / variant of 字型[zi4 xing2]

字母 zì mǔ

letter (of the alphabet) / CL:個|个[ge4]

字体 zì tǐ

calligraphic style / typeface / font

大字 dà zì

big character

字数 zì shù

number of written characters / number of words / word count

小字 xiǎo zì

small character

字样 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)

繁体字 fán tǐ zì

traditional Chinese character

字迹 zì jì

handwriting

数字化 shù zì huà

to digitalize / digital

赤字 chì zì

(financial) deficit / red letter

字符 zì fú

character (computing)

字型 zì xíng

font / typeface

字眼 zì yǎn

wording

字头 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

简体字 jiǎn tǐ zì

simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]

字帖 zì tiè

copybook (for calligraphy)

活字印刷 huó zì yìn shuā

printing with movable type

拆字 chāi zì

fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters

拼音文字 pīn yīn wén zì

phonetic alphabet / alphabetic writing system

写字楼 xiě zì lóu

office building

字典 zì diǎn

dictionary / character dictionary / CL:本[ben3]

Input Method for 字

Pinyinzi4

Wubi

pbf

Cangjie

jnd

Zhengma

wdya

Four Corner

30407

Unicode

U+5b57

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Same Radical Characters

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