文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	字

Etymology

/monzi/ > /mozi/

Noun

文字 (hiragana もんじ, romaji monji)

1. a character

Noun

文字 (hiragana もじ, romaji moji)

1. a letter, a character, a script

Derived terms

• 顔文字 (かおもじ, kaomoji): smiley
• 絵文字 (えもじ, emoji): emoticon
• 大文字 (おおもじ, ōmoji): uppercase letter
• 小文字 (こもじ, komoji): lowercase letter
• キリル文字 (きりるもじ, kiriru moji): Cyrillic character
• 文字通り (もじどおり, mojidōri): literal, literally

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Korean

Hanja in this word
文	字

Noun

文字 (munja)

1. Hanja form^? of 문자, “letter”.

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
文字

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ wən˧˥tsɨ˥˩ ]

Noun

文字 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin wénzì)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) text; writing; script; characters

References

• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785: