字

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Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology[edit]

EB1911 - Volume 01 - Page 001 - 1.svg This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page as described here.

Han character[edit]

字 (radical 39 子+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 十弓木 (JND), four-corner 30407, composition ⿱宀子)

  1. letter, character, word

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 277, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6942
  • Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1010, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5B57

Cantonese[edit]

simpl. and trad.
字

Hanzi[edit]

字 (jyutping zi6, Yale ji6)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

字 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

  • 十字 (じゅうじ, jūji): cross
  • 字解 (じかい, jikai)
  • 字義 (じぎ, jigi): the meaning of a word
  • 字源 (じげん, jigen): the construction of a character
  • 字体 (じたい, jitai): font or lettering
  • 字典 (じてん, jiten): character dictionary
  • 字母 (じぼ, jibo): letter (of the alphabet)
  • 漢字 (かんじ, kanji): Chinese characters
    漢字返し (kanji-gaeshi) kanji repeater
  • 文字 (もじ, moji): letter, character, or ideograph
  • 字引 (じびき, jibiki): dictionary
  • 数字 (すうじ, sūji): numeral or number

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 字 with the southern pronunciation (kango, Go-on).

Noun[edit]

字 (hiragana じ, romaji ji)

  1. a letter, character
    この字は何と読みますか？
    このじはなんとよみますか？
    kono ji wa nanto yomimasuka?
    How do you pronounce this letter?
  2. handwriting
    彼女は字が上手い。
    かのじょはじがうまい。
    kanojo wa ji ga umai.
    She has good handwriting.

Counter[edit]

字 (hiragana じ, romaji ji)

  1. letters, characters
    40字以内で書いてください。
    よんじゅうじいないでかいてください。
    yonjū-ji inai de kaite kudasai.
    Please write it down within 40 letters.

Etymology 2[edit]

Shortened form of あざな azana "a section of a village" of ancient Japanese origin (wago).

Noun[edit]

字 (hiragana あざ, romaji aza)

  1. a section of a village
Derived terms[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

字
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 자 (revised: ja, McCune-Reischauer: cha)

Mandarin[edit]

simpl. and trad.
字

Pronunciation[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

字 (pinyin zì (zi4), Wade-Giles tzu4)

Noun[edit]

字 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zì)

  1. Chinese writing
  2. (Beginning Mandarin) Chinese character; Chinese characters
  3. -shaped
  4. ​ (archaic) Chinese style name

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Middle Chinese[edit]

simpl. and trad.
字

Etymology[edit]

From Old Chinese 字 (ʒǝh).

Pronunciation[edit]

Han character[edit]

字 (*dzhiə̀)

Noun[edit]

字 (Baxter dziH)

  1. Chinese writing
  2. Chinese character; Chinese characters
  3. (archaic) Chinese style name

Descendants[edit]

  • Cantonese: 字
  • Mandarin: 字 (zì)
  • Min Nan: 字

References[edit]

Min Nan[edit]

simpl. and trad.
字

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

字 (traditional and simplified, POJ jī or lī)

  1. Chinese writing
  2. Chinese character; Chinese characters
  3. (archaic) Chinese style name

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Old Chinese[edit]

simpl. and trad.
字

Noun[edit]

字 (ʒǝh)

  1. Chinese writing
  2. Chinese character; Chinese characters
  3. Chinese style name

Verb[edit]

字 (ʒǝh)

  1. to give birth (to lay an egg, in the case of a bird)
  2. to nurse
  3. to nurture
  4. to love
  5. to marry; to wed
  6. to educate

References[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

字 (tự, chữ, tợ)

Readings[edit]

References[edit]

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999

Compounds[edit]

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