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(Bushou)		 子
Strokes 3
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Decomp. 宀子
宀 + 孑
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字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
Results beginning with 字
字节 zì jié (computing) byte / CL:個|个[ge4]
字体 zì tǐ calligraphic style / typeface / font
字幕 zì mù subtitles / captions (of a movie etc)
字符 zì fú character (computing)
字数 zì shù number of written characters / number of words / word count
字母 zì mǔ letter (of the alphabet) / CL:個|个[ge4]
字样 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)
字段 zì duàn (numeric, data) field
字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3]
字号 zì hao character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
字号 zì hào characters and numbers (as used in a code) / alphanumeric code / serial number
字眼 zì yǎn wording
字型 zì xíng font / typeface
字迹 zì jì handwriting
字形 zì xíng form of a Chinese character / variant of 字型[zi4 xing2]
字画 zì huà the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
字词 zì cí letters or words / words or phrase
字面 zì miàn literal / typeface
字条 zì tiáo brief note
字谜 zì mí letter puzzle
字句 zì jù words / expressions / writing
字串 zì chuàn (computing) character string (Tw)
字头 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
字元 zì yuán character (computing) (Tw)
字根 zì gēn component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root / etymon
字义 zì yì meaning of a character
字音 zì yīn phonetic value of a character
字汇 zì huì (computer) character repertoire / glossary, lexicon
字帖 zì tiè copybook (for calligraphy)
字据 zì jù written pledge / contract / IOU
字首 zì shǒu prefix
字辈 zì bèi generation
字调 zì diào tone of a character
字集 zì jí character set
字脚 zì jiǎo serif / hook at the end of brushstroke
字林 Zì lín Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD
字码 zì mǎ character code
字书 zì shū character book (i.e. school primer)
字素 zì sù grapheme
字帖 zì tiě piece of paper with short note / short letter
字图 zì tú glyph
字尾 zì wěi suffix
字源 zì yuán etymology (of a non-Chinese word) / origin of a character
字重 zì zhòng font weight
字组 zì zǔ block (of data) / code word
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字符串 zì fú chuàn string (computing)
字符集 zì fú jí character set (e.g. ASCII 美國資訊交換標準碼|美国资讯交换标准码 / or Unicode 統一碼|统一码)
字母表 zì mǔ biǎo alphabet
字纸篓 zì zhǐ lǒu wastepaper basket
字根表 zì gēn biǎo table of components used in wubi input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3]
字节数 zì jié shù byte count
字母词 zì mǔ cí word that contains one or more letters of an alphabet (e.g. HSK, PK, WTO, PO文, PM2.5, γ射線|γ射线[&gamma / she4 xian4])
字帖儿 zì tiě r piece of paper with short note / short letter
字元集 zì yuán jí character set
字里行间 zì lǐ háng jiān between the words and the lines (idiom) / implied meaning / connotations
字斟句酌 zì zhēn jù zhuó weighing every word
字字珠玉 zì zì zhū yù every word a gem (idiom) / magnificent writing
字节跳动 Zì jié Tiào dòng ByteDance, Beijing-based Internet technology company founded in 2012
字面解释 zì miàn jiě shì literal explanation
字面意思 zì miàn yì si literal meaning
字面意义 zì miàn yì yì literal meaning
字母顺序 zì mǔ shùn xù alphabetical order
字正腔圆 zì zhèng qiāng yuán to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom)
字纸篓子 zì zhǐ lǒu zi see 字紙簍|字纸篓[zi4 zhi3 lou3]
字字珠玑 zì zì - zhū jī (idiom) every word is a gem
字幕转写器  caption transcriber
字根合体字 zì gēn hé tǐ zì stem compound
字根通用码 zì gēn tōng yòng mǎ common coding for components of Chinese character / same as Zheng coding 鄭碼|郑码[Zheng4 ma3]
字汇判断任务 zì huì pàn duàn rèn wù character decision task
字母顺序概率 zì mǔ shùn xù gài lu:4 probability of letter sequences
字母数字溷合代码  alphanumeric code
Approximate Results for 字
文字 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4]
名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4]
数字 shù zì numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL:個|个[ge4]
汉字 hàn zì Chinese character(s)
一字 yī zì in a row / in a line
打字 dǎ zì to type
签字 qiān zì to sign (one's name) / signature
十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
写字 xiě zì to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy
八字 bā zì the character 8 or 八 / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
识字 shí zì to learn to read / able to read / literate
赤字 chì zì (financial) deficit / red letter
生字 shēng zì new character (in textbook) / character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
单字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language)
错字 cuò zì incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text)
用字 yòng zì to use letters / to use words / diction
认字 rèn zì to learn to read / able to read / literate
金字 jīn zì gold lettering / gold characters
题字 tí zì to write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc) / an inscription
丁字 dīng zì T-shaped
白字 bái zì wrongly written or mispronounced character
脏字 zāng zì obscenity
造字 zào zì to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
练字 liàn zì to practice writing characters
活字 huó zì movable type
咬字 yǎo zì to pronounce (clearly or otherwise) / to enunciate
别字 bié zì mispronounced or wrongly written character
拆字 chāi zì fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
正字 zhèng zì to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling)
铅字 qiān zì (printing) type / movable letters
拼字 pīn zì to spell / spelling
刺字 cì zì to tattoo
习字 xí zì to practice writing characters
表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name
背字 bèi zì bad luck
本字 běn zì original form of a Chinese character
代字 dài zì abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府) / code name / (old) pronoun
待字 dài zì (literary) (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal
点字 diǎn zì braille
讹字 é zì erroneous character / typographical error
国字 guó zì Chinese character (Hanzi) / the native script used to write a nation's language
古字 gǔ zì ancient character / archaic form of a Chinese character
合字 hé zì (typography) ligature
借字 jiè zì see 通假字[tong1 jia3 zi4]
楷字 kǎi zì regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
冷字 lěng zì obscure word / unfamiliar character
炼字 liàn zì to craft one's words
略字 lu:è zì abbreviated character / simplified character
盲字 máng zì braille
码字 mǎ zì to type (with a keyboard) / (coding theory) codeword
默字 mò zì to write from memory
喃字 nán zì Vietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam)
难字 nán zì character that is difficult to recognize or write
熟字 shú zì familiar words / known Chinese character
俗字 sú zì nonstandard form of a Chinese character
吐字 tǔ zì diction / enunciation / (opera) to pronounce the words correctly
许字 xǔ zì betrothed
缀字 zhuì zì to spell / to compose words
组字 zǔ zì word formation
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T字裤 T zì kù thong (underwear)
T字帐 T zì zhàng T-account (accounting)
YB字节 YBzì jié yottabyte
ZiB字节 ZiBzì jié zebibyte
1024字节 1024zì jié kibibyte
关键字 guān jiàn zì keyword
写字楼 xiě zì lóu office building
数字化 shù zì huà to digitize
金字塔 jīn zì tǎ pyramid (building or structure)
十字架 shí zì jià cross / crucifix / yoke one has to endure
老字号 lǎo zì hào shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
十字军 shí zì jūn crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades
错别字 cuò bié zì incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
红十字 Hóng shí zì Red Cross
繁体字 fán tǐ zì traditional Chinese character
丁字裤 dīng zì kù thong (underwear)
纯文字 chún wén zì text-only (webpage, slide etc)
首字母 shǒu zì mǔ initial letters
写字台 xiě zì tái writing desk
打字员 dǎ zì yuán typist
三字经 sān zì jīng (slang) swearword / four-letter word
十字绣 shí zì xiù cross-stitch
不识字 bù shí zì illiterate
打字机 dǎ zì jī typewriter
大字报 dà zì bào big-character poster
简体字 jiǎn tǐ zì simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]
写字板 xiě zì bǎn writing tablet / clipboard
签字笔 qiān zì bǐ felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen
工字钢 gōng zì gāng I-beam
头文字 tóu wén zì initial / first letter of word (in Latin script)
十字形 shí zì xíng cruciform / cross shape
常用字 cháng yòng zì everyday words
多音字 duō yīn zì character with two or more readings
斜体字 xié tǐ zì italics
千字文 Qiān zì wén Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
文字学 wén zì xué philology
文字狱 wén zì yù literary inquisition / official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
同音字 tóng yīn zì Chinese character that is pronounced the same (as another character)
八字胡 bā zì hú mustache shaped like character 八
方块字 fāng kuài zì Chinese characters
简化字 jiǎn huà zì simplified Chinese character
黑体字 hēi tǐ zì bold characters / bold font
形声字 xíng shēng zì phono-semantic compound character
异体字 yì tǐ zì variant Chinese character
象形字 xiàng xíng zì pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
人字拖 rén zì tuō flip-flops (abbr. for 人字拖鞋[ren2zi4 tuo1xie2])
无字碑 wú zì bēi stone tablet without inscription / blank stele
之字形 zhī zì xíng Z-shaped / zigzag
活字典 huó zì diǎn walking dictionary / well-informed person
数字钟 shù zì zhōng digital clock
排字股  Composition Unit
数字群  digital group / digroup
八字步 bā zì bù step with feet splayed outwards
八字脚 bā zì jiǎo splayfoot
八字眉 bā zì méi sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"
八字形 bā zì xíng shape resembling the character 八 / or 8 / V-shape / splayed / figure of eight
蚕眠字 cán mián zì handwriting that resembles a hibernating silkworm
厂字旁 chǎng zì páng name of "cliff" 厂 / radical in simplified Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27)
查字法 chá zì fǎ look-up method for Chinese characters
粗体字 cū tǐ zì bold letter
大字本 dài zì běn large print
代字号 dài zì hào swung dash / tilde (~)
点字机 diǎn zì jī braille typewriter
丁字步 dīng zì bù T-step (basic dance position, with the feet forming a T shape)
丁字尺 dīng zì chǐ T-square / set square (carpenter's tool)
丁字镐 dīng zì gǎo hammer pick
丁字街 dīng zì jiē T-junction
丁字梁 dīng zì liáng T-girder
冬字头 dōng zì tóu name of "walk slowly" component 夂[zhi3] in Chinese characters
多字节 duō zì jié multibyte
独体字 dú tǐ zì single-component character
反义字 fǎn yì zì character with opposite meaning / antonym / opposite characters
非数字 fēi shù zì non-numeric
工字梁 gōng zì liáng I-beam
国字脸 guó zì liǎn square face
合体字 hé tǐ zì a Chinese character formed by combining existing elements - i.e. a combined ideogram 會意|会意 / or radical plus phonetic 形聲|形声
画十字 huà shí zì to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper)
划十字 huà shí zì variant of 畫十字|画十字[hua4 shi2 zi4]
绘文字 huì wén zì emoji
会意字 huì yì zì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound
虎字头 hǔ zì tóu name of "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141) / see also 虍[hu1]
假借字 jiǎ jiè zì loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
检字表 jiǎn zì biǎo word index (of a dictionary)
检字法 jiǎn zì fǎ indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary
借字儿 jiè zì r IOU / receipt for a loan
井字棋 jǐng zì qí tic-tac-toe
旧字体 jiù zì tǐ kyujitai, traditional Japanese character used before 1946
吉字节 jí zì jié gigabyte (2^30 or approximately a billion bytes)
克漏字 kè lòu zì cloze (loanword) (Tw)
抠字眼 kōu zì yǎn to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
连字符 lián zì fú hyphen
Chinese Tones