字 zì
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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) -
proper noun
Zi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '字' n 5) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
noun
diction; wording
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字眼. -
noun
handwriting
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字迹 -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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
- 国音常用字汇(國音常用字彙) Guoyin Changyong Zihui
- 之字形 z-shape; zigzag
- 点字机(點字機) braille typewriter
- 点字(點字) Braille characters
- 绝对数字(絕對數字) absolute (as opposed to relative) number
- 字图(字圖) glyph
- 例外字 exception(s)
- 多音字 character with two or more readings
- 用字 to use letters; to use words; diction
- 白字 wrongly written or mispronounced character
- 十字头螺刀(十字頭螺刀) Phillips screwdriver (i.e. with cross slit)
- 草字 cursive writing
- 错别字(錯別字) incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
- 古字 old character; archaic form of a Chinese character
- 字面 typeface; literal
- 一字 without exception
- 略字 an abbreviation
- 广字头(广字頭) name of Kangxi radical 53
- 米字旁 name of Kangxi radical 110
- 字根通用码(字根通用碼) common coding for components of Chinese character
- 字斟句酌 weighing every word
- 之字路 zigzag road; switchback
- 楔形文字 Cuneiform script
- 浅层文字(淺層文字) shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
- 字源 Chinese character etymology
- 提字器 teleprompter
- 许字(許字) betrothed
- 生冷字 obscure or archaic character
- 不详其姓字(不詳其姓字) do not know his name
- 草字头儿(草字頭兒) grass radical 艹
- 前缀字(前綴字) prefix
- 十字路口 crossroads; intersection
- 画十字(畫十字) to make the sign of the cross; to make a cross (on paper)
- 十字转门(十字轉門) turnstile
- 字头(字頭) first letter of a word or serial number; first character of a Chinese word; first digit of a number; the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character
- 数字分频(數字分頻) digital frequency sharing
- 铁十字(鐵十字) a ship anchor ; Iron Cross [medal]
- 识字率(識字率) literacy rate
- 待字 (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal
- 丁字街 T-junction
- 斟酌字句 to measure one's words
Also contained in
汉字词 、 兆字节 、 字节跳动 、 象形文字 、 一字禅 、 光学字符识别 、 一字金轮佛顶王 、 数字信号处理技术 、 十字军东侵 、 字节数
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 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: 284
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 275
- 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: 247
- 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
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 225
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 211
- 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: 208
- 卷七十三下 表第十三下 宰相世系三下 Volume 73b Tables 18: Chancellors Genealogy 3b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 202
- 卷七十三上 表第十三上 宰相世系三上 Volume 73a Tables 17: Chancellors Genealogy 3a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 172
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
- 字仲 (字仲) 后弟衛青字仲卿 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《外戚世家》 Houses of the External Relatives — count: 2
- 影字 (影字) 觀書中稱景古影字 — Huainanzi 淮南子, Notes — count: 2
- 四字 (四字) 四字衍耳 — Xunzi 荀子, 修身篇第二 Chapter 2: Cultivation — 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
- 孺字 (孺字) 冉孺字子魯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《仲尼弟子列傳》 Biographies of the disciples of Zhongni — count: 2
- 字耳 (字耳) 字耳 — Xunzi 荀子, 榮辱篇第四 Chapter 4: Honor and Disgrace — count: 2
- 字人 (字人) 又不能字人之孤而殺之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2