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字

zì

letter, character, word

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Strokes
6
Radical
子
HSK
1
Tone
4

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 我没有名字。

    Wǒ méi yǒu míng zi

    I have no name.

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  • 她是个内八字。

    Tā shì gè nèi bā zì

    She is pigeon-toed.

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  • 他写得一手好字。

    Tā xiě de yī shǒu hǎo zì

    He writes Chinese characters very well.

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  • 那些数字是什么?

    Nà xiē shù zì shì shén me

    What are those numbers?

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 字

  • 名字míng zi 2–5name (of a person or thing)
  • 字zì 4letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
  • 汉字hàn zì 4–4 Chinese character; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja; Vietnamese: hán tự
  • 数字shù zì 4–4 numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc)
  • 字典zì diǎn 4–3 Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary
  • 文字wén zì 2–4 character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology
  • 字母zì mǔ 4–3 letter (of the alphabet)
  • 签字qiān zì 1–4 to sign (one's name); signature
  • 字幕zì mù 4–4 caption; subtitle
  • 识字shí zì 2–4 to learn to read
  • 赤字chì zì 4–4 (financial) deficit; red letter
  • 写字楼xiě zì lóu 3–4–2office building