字 (zì): meaning and stroke order
字 (zì) means letter, symbol, character, word, 个.
字
- Simplified
- 字
- Traditional
- 字 (same form)
- Pinyin
- zì
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Stroke order of 字
字
- zì letter; symbol
- 6 strokes
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Meaning of 字
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zì
- letter
- symbol
- character
- word
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
Radical and structure
- 字
- Radical 子 (Kangxi radical 39) · 6 strokes · 宀 on top, 子 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 字
- 名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 数字 shù zì numeral; digit
- 汉字 hàn zì Chinese character(s)
- 字迹 zì jì handwriting
- 签字 qiān zì to sign (one's name); signature
- 字幕 zì mù subtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
字 in our stories
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到了爷爷家，门上已经贴好了红“福”字。
dào le yéye jiā mén shàng yǐjīng tiē hǎo le hóng fú zì
When they arrive, a red "福" (good fortune) character is already on the door.
From the story New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
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传说孔子出生以前，一只麒麟来到他家，吐出了一块写着字的玉。
chuánshuō Kǒngzǐ chūshēng yǐqián yì zhī qílín láidào tā jiā tǔ chū le yí kuài xiě zhe zì de yù
Legend says that before Confucius was born, a qilin came to his home and spat out a piece of jade with writing on it.
From the story The qilin HSK 4
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一个星期后，纸上写满了字，最多的竟然不是工具，而是“周末谁能帮我遛狗”。
yí gè xīngqī hòu zhǐ shàng xiě mǎn le zì zuì duō de jìngrán bú shì gōngjù érshì zhōumò shéi néng bāng wǒ liù gǒu
A week later the sheets were full, and the most common request wasn't for tools at all, but "Who can walk my dog at the weekend?"
From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5
Stories using 字
- New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
- The qilin HSK 4
- Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).