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字
zì
1.
letter
2.
symbol
3.
character
4.
word
5.
CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
6.
courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
字节
zìjié
byte
打字
dǎzì
to type
字据
zìjù
written pledge
字符
zìfú
word-symbol
字集
zìjí
character set
写字
xiězì
to write characters
字型
zìxíng
font
字形
zìxíng
form of a Chinese character
字段
zìduàn
(numeric, data) field
字码
zìmǎ
character code
字脚
zìjiǎo
serif
字迹
zìjì
handwriting
字音
zìyīn
phonetic value of a character
字体
zìtǐ
calligraphic style
字典
zìdiǎn
dictionary
字图
zìtú
glyph
字帖
zìtiè
copybook (for calligraphy)
字汇
zìhuì
(computer) character repertoire
字林
Zìlín
Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD
字样
zìyàng
model or template character
Example Sentences (4)
我离不开眼镜，没有眼镜，我一个字也看不清楚。
Wǒ lí bù kāi yǎnjìng, méiyǒu yǎnjìng, wǒ yí gè zì yě kàn bù qīngchu.
I can't do without glasses. Without glasses, I can't see even a single word clearly.
Text 1
是啊，我觉得听和说还可以，读和写不好，很多字我都不知道什么意思。
Shì a, wǒ juéde tīng hé shuō hái kěyǐ, dú hé xiě bù hǎo, hěn duō zì wǒ dōu bù zhīdào shénme yìsi.
Yeah, I think listening and speaking are okay, but reading and writing are not good. I don't know what many characters mean.
Text 3
对不起，这个字我会读，不会写。
Duìbuqǐ, zhège zì wǒ huì dú, bú huì xiě.
Sorry, I can read this character, but I can't write it.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 392
- Word Frequency Rank
- 688 of 84,292