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
- 斜体字(斜體字) italic letter; slanting typeface
- 拆字 to analyze characters ; fortune associated with a character
- 字根通用码(字根通用碼) common coding for components of Chinese character
- 草字头(草字頭) name of Kangxi radical 140
- 字词(字詞) word; phrase
- 春字头(春字頭) name of spring part of character
- 三字经(三字經) San Zi Jing; Three character classic
- 克漏字 cloze
- 咬字 to pronounce (clearly or otherwise); to enunciate
- 竹字头(竹字頭) name of alternate form of Kangxi radical 118
- 画十字(畫十字) to make the sign of the cross; to make a cross (on paper)
- 一字千金 one word worth a thousand in gold; (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect; each word is highly valued
- 言字旁 name of Kangxi radical 149
- 八字步 step with feet splayed outwards
- 生辰八字 astrological birth data
- 统汉字(統漢字) Unihan / China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs
- 同字框 name of tongzi radical
- 相同名字 like-named; having the same name
- 衣字旁 name of Kangxi radical 145
- 缀字课本(綴字課本) spelling book
- 字汇(字彙) a glossary; a lexicon ; Zihui
- 认字(認字) literate; knowing how to read
- 识文断字(識文斷字) literate; a cultured person
- 汉字查字法(漢字查字法) look-up method for Chinese characters
- 国音字典(國音字典) Guoyin Zidian; Dictionary of National Pronunciation
- 数字钟(數字鐘) digital clock
- 码字(碼字) numeral; digit; counter
- 简化字总表(簡化字總表) Complete List of Simplified Characters
- 字素 grapheme
- 字义(字義) the meaning of characters
- 弄字底 name of Kangxi radical 55
- 丁字裤(丁字褲) thong (underwear)
- 门字旁(門字旁) name of Kangxi radical 169
- 领字(領字) goods delivery document ; governing word
- 第二次汉字简化方案(第二次漢字簡化方案) Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme
- 象形字 pictogram
- 米字旗 Union Jack
- 字根 component of Chinese character
- 区字框(區字框) Kangxi radical 22
- 字面 typeface; literal
- 西里尔字母(西里爾字母) Cyrillic alphabet; Cyrillic letters
- 小写字母(小寫字母) lowercase letters
Also contained in
字符 、 婆罗米系文字 、 小字脸 、 数字化 、 白纸写黑字 、 亚兰字母 、 点阵字体 、 字节数 、 多字节
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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: 61
- 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
- 字叔 (字叔) 梁孝王中郎枚乘字叔聞之 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 4
- 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
- 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
- 字仲尼 (字仲尼) 曰雲姓孔而字仲尼 — Exemplary Figures 法言, 卷二 吾子 Chapter 2: Our Teachers — count: 2
- 字耳 (字耳) 字耳 — Xunzi 荀子, 榮辱篇第四 Chapter 4: Honor and Disgrace — count: 2
- 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
- 字季 (字季) 字季 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — 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