字
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[edit] Translingual
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[edit] Etymology
From 宀 roof + 子 child. Root meaning: to give birth. 子 also serves as a phonetic element.
[edit] Han character
字 (radical 39 子+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 十弓木 (JND), four-corner 30407, composition ⿱宀子)
[edit] References
- 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
[edit] Cantonese
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[edit] Hanzi
字 (jyutping zi6, Yale ji6)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 字 with the southern pronunciation (kango, Go-on).
[edit] Noun
- 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?
- この字は何と読みますか?
- 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.
- 彼女は字が上手い。
[edit] Counter
- 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.
- 40字以内で書いてください。
[edit] Kanji
字 (grade 1 kanji)
[edit] Readings
[edit] Compounds
- 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
[edit] Etymology 2
Shortened form of あざな azana "a section of a village" of ancient Japanese origin (wago).
[edit] Noun
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[edit] Hanja
字
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 자 (revised: ja, McCune-Reischauer: cha)
- Name (hangeul): 글자()
[edit] Late Middle Chinese
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[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ dzi ]
[edit] Noun
字 (Baxter dziH)
- Chinese writing
- Chinese character; Chinese characters
- (archaic) Chinese style name
[edit] References
- http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wbaxter/pdf/d181-188.pdf
- http://xiang.free.fr/leiden-en.pdf
- http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Linguistics/papers/2004/anderson.pdf
[edit] Mandarin
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[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Hanzi
字 (pinyin zì (zi4), Wade-Giles tzu4)
[edit] Noun
字 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zì)
- Chinese writing
- Chinese character; Chinese characters
- -shaped
- (archaic) Chinese style name
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[edit] See also
[edit] Middle Chinese
[edit] Han character
字 (*dzhiə̀)
[edit] Min Nan
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| 字 | |||
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
字 (traditional and simplified, POJ jī or lī)
- Chinese writing
- Chinese character; Chinese characters
- (archaic) Chinese style name
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[edit] See also
[edit] Old Chinese
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[edit] Noun
字
- Chinese writing
- Chinese character; Chinese characters
- (archaic) Chinese style name
[edit] Verb
字
- (archaic) to give birth (to lay an egg, in the case of a bird)
- (archaic) to nurse
- (archaic) to nurture
- (archaic) to love
- (archaic) to marry; to wed
- (archaic) to educate
[edit] References
- http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/chinese-dictionary/dico_字.html
- http://140.111.34.46/cgi-bin/dict/GetContent.cgi?Database=dict&DocNum=130109&GraphicWord=yes&QueryString=字
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Han character
字 (tự)
[edit] Readings
[edit] References
- 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
[edit] Compounds
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