字 — Chinese character
字
zì
character, letter, symbol, word
- Pinyin
- zì
- Radical
- 39 ⼦ (Child)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 宀 子
- Formation
- ideographic — A child 子 in a house 宀; 子 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 字 as a kanji
Common words with 字
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 数字 (數字) | shù zì | numeral; digit |
| 文字 | wén zì | character; script |
| 字母 | zì mǔ | letter (of the alphabet); 个 (gè) |
| 字幕 | zì mù | subtitles; captions (of a movie etc) |
| 汉字 (漢字) | hàn zì | Chinese character(s) |
| 签字 (簽字) | qiān zì | to sign (one's name); signature |
| 字体 (字體) | zì tǐ | calligraphic style; typeface |
| 字样 (字樣) | zì yàng | standard written form of a character; characters, words or short phrase appearing on sth |
| 金字塔 | jīn zì tǎ | pyramid (building or structure) |
| 十字架 | shí zì jià | cross; crucifix |
| 十字 | shí zì | cross road; cross-shaped |
English words written with 字
字 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · I Ching 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.