字 zì
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zì
noun
letter; symbol; character
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 白纸写黑字 'to write black characters on white paper [to clearly document the matter]' (Guoyu '字' n 1; Suyu. p. 22; Unihan '字'; XHZD '字' 1) -
zì
proper noun
Zi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '字' n 5) -
zì
verb
to love
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 爱 (Guoyu '字' v 3) -
zì
verb
to teach; to educate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 教育 (Guoyu '字' v 2) -
zì
verb
to be allowed to marry
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 许嫁 (Guoyu '字' v 1; XHZD '字' 7) -
zì
noun
courtesy name; style name; scholarly or literary name
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 表字 (Guoyu '字' n 2; XHZD '字' 5) -
zì
noun
diction; wording
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字眼. -
zì
noun
handwriting
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字迹 -
zì
noun
calligraphy; a work of calligraphy
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 书法 (XHZD '字' 4) -
zì
noun
a written pledge; a letter; a contract
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 书信 (Guoyu '字' n 3; XHZD '字' 6) -
zì
noun
a font; a calligraphic style
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字体 (XHZD '字' 3) -
zì
noun
the phonetic value of a character; the pronunciation of a character
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字音 (Guoyu '字' n 4; XHZD '字' 2)
Contained in
- 点字(點字) Braille characters
- 只字不提(隻字不提) not to mention; to say not one word; to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
- 之字形 z-shape; zigzag
- 不一致字(不一致字) inconsistent phonogram(s)
- 永字八法 eight calligraphic techniques used to write the yong character
- 门字旁(門字旁) name of Kangxi radical 169
- 之字路 zigzag road; switchback
- 刺字 to tattoo
- 笔画检字(筆畫檢字) character index by stroke
- 仿宋字 imitation Song font
- 汉字(漢字) Chinese character ; Kanji ; Hanja
- 统汉字(統漢字) Unihan / China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs
- 缩略字(縮略字) abbreviated character
- 斜体字(斜體字) italic letter; slanting typeface
- 赤字 deficit; debt
- 写字板(寫字板) writing tablet; clipboard
- 子字旁 name of Kangxi radical 39
- 数字用户线路(數字用戶線路) digital subscriber line (DSL)
- 广字头(广字頭) name of Kangxi radical 53
- 省字号(省字號) an apostrophe (punct.)
- 字母表 alphabet
- 转注字(轉注字) transfer character (one of the Six Methods of forming Chinese characters); character with meanings influenced by other words
- 检字表(檢字表) radicals index
- 组字(組字) word formation
- 工字钢(工字鋼) I-beam
- 吐字 diction; enunciation; to pronounce the words correctly (in opera)
- 王字旁 name of alternate form of Kangxi radical 96
- 抠字眼(摳字眼) to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
- 签字者(簽字者) signatory
- 借字 a loan character ; a receipt for a loan; an IOU
- 字帖 copybook; a book for copying calligraphy
- 字纸篓(字紙簍) wastepaper basket
- 弄字底 name of Kangxi radical 55
- 缀字课本(綴字課本) spelling book
- 斟酌字句 to measure one's words
- 纯文字页(純文字頁) text-only webpage
- 米字旁 name of Kangxi radical 110
- 第二次汉字简化方案(第二次漢字簡化方案) Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme
- 拖字诀(拖字訣) delaying tactics
- 字句 words; expressions; writing
- 粗体字(粗體字) bold letter
- 甲骨文字 oracle script; oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
Also contained in
吉字节 、 十字军东侵 、 拼音文字 、 乐器数字化接口 、 字符编码 、 白纸写黑字 、 国音字母 、 光学字符识别 、 字元集
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 337
- 卷七十二下 表第十二下 宰相世系二下 Volume 72c Tables 16: Chancellors Genealogy 2c New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 285
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 277
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 266
- 卷七十一下 表第十一下 宰相世系一下 Volume 71b Tables 13: Chancellors Genealogy 1b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 259
- 卷七十二上 表第十二上 宰相世系二上 Volume 72a Tables 14: Chancellors Genealogy 2a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 246
- 卷七十五下 表第十五下 宰相世系五下 Volume 75b Tables 22: Chancellors Genealogy 5b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 246
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 215
- 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 210
- 卷七十一上 表第十一上 宰相世系一上 Volume 71a Tables 12: Chancellors Genealogy 1a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 209
Collocations
- 字子 (字子) 字子魚 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — count: 18
- 称字 (稱字) 曷為稱字 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
- 字小 (字小) 字小之難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
- 字子思 (字子思) 字子思 — Xunzi 荀子, 非十二子篇第六 Chapter 6: Against the Twelve Masters — count: 2
- 字少 (字少) 或字少增加 — Xunzi 荀子, 荀子序 楊倞 Preface by Yang Jing — count: 2
- 字皙 (字皙) 曾蒧字皙 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《仲尼弟子列傳》 Biographies of the disciples of Zhongni — count: 2
- 僞字 (僞字) 其辨白僞字甚明 — Xunzi 荀子, 唐楊倞注 Notes by Yang Jing of Tang — count: 2
- 四字 (四字) 四字衍耳 — Xunzi 荀子, 修身篇第二 Chapter 2: Cultivation — count: 2
- 字耳 (字耳) 字耳 — Xunzi 荀子, 榮辱篇第四 Chapter 4: Honor and Disgrace — count: 2
- 不能字 (不能字) 于父不能字厥子 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 2