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字形
zìxíng
1. form of a Chinese character
2. variant of [[字型<zìxíng>]]
Uncommon • Top 27%

Character Breakdown

字
zì
character, letter, symbol, word
HSK 1 6 丶
形
xíng
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (4)

之字形
zhīzìxíng
Z-shaped
八字形
bāzìxíng
shape resembling the character [[八]] or 8
十字形
shízìxíng
cruciform
五笔字形
wǔbǐzìxíng
Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes

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Word Frequency Rank
22,865 of 84,292

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