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Chinese symbol for “orthography”

正字法
zhèng zì fǎ
orthography

The closest CC-CEDICT match for orthography is 正字法 (zhèng zì fǎ), defined as: orthography.

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Characters and stroke order

正 zhèng
straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
radical 77 ⽌ · 5 strokes
字 zì
character, letter, symbol, word
radical 39 ⼦ · 6 strokes
法 fǎ
law, rule, statute; method, way; French
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “orthography”

WordPinyinMeaning
正词法 (正詞法)zhèng cí fǎorthography (linguistics)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 正字法.

WordPinyinMeaning
正在zhèng zàito be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed
正式zhèng shìformal; official
正常zhèng chángnormal; regular
正确 (正確)zhèng quècorrect; sound; right; proper
正是zhèng shìis precisely
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
数字 (數字)shù zìnumeral; digit
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of

See also: Japanese symbol for “orthography”.

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.