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Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of ""
Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 字
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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of ""
Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 字
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Meaning of

Pinyin
Radical
Strokes
6
Definition
letter / symbol / character / word
Usage
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字 [zì] 1. 用来记录语言的符号。 (A symbol used to record language.) 2. 文字的不同形式,书法的派别。 (Different forms of writing; styles of calligraphy.) 3. 书法的作品。 (Calligraphic works.) 4. 字的音。 (The sound of a character.) 5. 人的别名,亦称“表字”,现多称“号”;商店的名称,亦称“字号”。 (An alias for a person, also known as "biaozi"; a shop's name, also called "ziahao".) 6. 合同,契约。 (A contract or agreement.) 7. 旧时称女子出嫁。 (In ancient times, referred to a girl getting married.) 8. 生子,乳,爱。 (To give birth, nurse, love.) 字 [zì] (动) 1. 同本义 (give birth to) 2. 怀孕,体内怀着胎儿 (be pregnant) 3. 抚养;养育;教养 (bring up) 4. 爱 (love) 5. 教育;教课;传授知识 (teach) 6. 治理 (govern) 7. 取名;取表字 (style) 8. 女子许嫁 (girl remain to be betrothed) 字 [zì] (名) 1. 文字(古时单体叫文,合体叫字,后人逐渐不再严格区别) (Word; characters (in ancient times, single characters were called 'wen', and combined forms 'zi'; later the distinction became less strict.)) 2. 表字,人的别名 (An alias taken at the age of twenty.) 3. 名号 (A person's name and alias.) 4. 用文字写成的凭据、字条或短柬 (A receipt; contract.) 5. 字眼,词 (Wording; words; diction.) 6. 字迹 (Handwriting.) 7. 书法 (Calligraphy; the art of writing characters, specifically using a brush to write Chinese characters.) 8. 书法作品 (Scripts; works of calligraphy.) 9. 书信 (Letter.) 10. 字体 (Form of a written or printed character; style of handwriting.) 11. 字音 (Pronunciation of a character.) 12. 姓 (Surname.)
yǎo wén jiáo zì
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
yǎo zì
to pronounce (clearly or otherwise) / to enunciate
míng zi
name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4]
zì jù
words / expressions / writing
zì zhēn jù zhuó
weighing every word
shù zì
numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL:個|个[ge4]
wén zì
character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4]
qiān zì
to sign (one's name) / signature
zì xíng
form of a Chinese character / variant of 字型[zi4 xing2]
zì mǔ
letter (of the alphabet) / CL:個|个[ge4]
zì tǐ
calligraphic style / typeface / font
dà zì
big character
zì shù
number of written characters / number of words / word count
xiǎo zì
small character
zì yàng
model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
fán tǐ zì
traditional Chinese character
zì jì
handwriting
shù zì huà
to digitalize / digital
chì zì
(financial) deficit / red letter
zì fú
character (computing)
zì xíng
font / typeface
zì yǎn
wording
zì tóu
first letter of a word or serial number / first character of a Chinese word / first digit of a number / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
jiǎn tǐ zì
simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]
zì tiè
copybook (for calligraphy)
huó zì yìn shuā
printing with movable type
chāi zì
fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
pīn yīn wén zì
phonetic alphabet / alphabetic writing system
xiě zì lóu
office building
zì diǎn
dictionary / character dictionary / CL:本[ben3]
xiē xíng wén zì
cuneiform (Babylonian script)
tè shū zì fú
special character
wén zì yù
literary inquisition / official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
zì huà
the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
qiān zì bǐ
felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen
zhuàn zì
Seal characters
zì zhǐ lǒu
wastepaper basket
zāng zì
obscenity
zì fú chuàn
string (computer science)
chèn zì
word inserted in a line of verse for balance or euphony
shí zì
to learn to read
zì mí
letter puzzle
qiān zì
type / movable letters (printing)
zhù zì
typecasting / typefounding / foundry type / hand type
guān jiàn zì
keyword
dài zì guī zhōng
not betrothed yet / One's daughter is still unmarried. / waiting in the boudoir to be betrothed

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Pinyin zi4
Wubi
pbf
Cangjie
jnd
Zhengma
wdya
Four Corner
30407
Unicode
U+5b57
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