Chinese symbol for “literal”
字面
zì miàn
literal; typeface
The closest CC-CEDICT match for literal is 字面 (zì miàn), defined as: literal; typeface.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “literal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逐字逐句 | zhú zì zhú jù | literal; word for word; word by word and phrase by phrase |
| 原原本本 | yuán yuán běn běn | from beginning to end; in its entirety |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 字面.
| 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) |
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect; aspect |
| 里面 (裏面) | lǐ miàn | variant of 里面 (lǐ miàn) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “literal”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.