| 文字 | wén zì | character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 人物 | rén wù | person / character (in a play, novel etc) / protagonist / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 色彩 | sè cǎi | tint / coloring / coloration / (fig.) flavor / character | |
| 性格 | xìng gé | nature / disposition / temperament / character / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 品质 | pǐn zhì | character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) | |
| 脾气 | pí qi | character / temperament / disposition / bad temper / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 人气 | rén qì | popularity / personality / character | |
| 字符 | zì fú | character (computing) | |
| 质地 | zhì dì | texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition | |
| 心地 | xīn dì | character | |
| 人品 | rén pǐn | moral standing / moral quality / character / personality / appearance / looks (colloquial) / bearing | |
| 性状 | xìng zhuàng | nature (i.e. properties of sth) / character | |
| 字元 | zì yuán | character (computing) (Tw) | |
| 简体中文 | jiǎn tǐ zhōng wén | simplified character Chinese, simplified Chinese | |
| 角色 | jué sè | role / character in a novel / persona / also pr. [jiao3 se4] | |
| 宝贝 | bǎo bèi | treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character | |
| 语音 | yǔ yīn | speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message | |
| 为人 | wéi rén | to conduct oneself / behavior / conduct / personal character | |
| 本质 | běn zhì | essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality | |
| 汉字 | hàn zì | Chinese character / CL:個|个[ge4] / Japanese: kanji / Korean: hanja / Vietnamese: hán tự | |
| 骨头 | gǔ tou | bone / CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4] / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5] | |
| 塑造 | sù zào | to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (literature) to portray (in words) | |
| 小人 | xiǎo rén | person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character | |
| 君子 | jūn zǐ | nobleman / person of noble character | |
| 泰山 | Tài shān | Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle) / Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan | |
| 本色 | běn sè | inherent qualities / natural qualities / distinctive character / true qualities | |
| 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) | |
| 繁体中文 | fán tǐ zhōng wén | traditional character Chinese | |
| 回车 | huí chē | to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key | |
| 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] | |
| 十字 | shí zì | cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten | |
| 字号 | zì hao | character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop | |
| 标注 | biāo zhù | to mark out / to tag / to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to / to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin) | |
| 品德 | pǐn dé | moral character | |
| 脱落 | tuō luò | to drop off / to come off / to lose (hair etc) / to omit (a character when writing) | |
| 音符 | yīn fú | (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram | |
| 八字 | bā zì | the character 8 or 八 / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling | |
| 党性 | dǎng xìng | the spirit or character of a political party | |
| 飞雪 | Fēi xuě | Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" | |
| 乱码 | luàn mǎ | mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) | |
| 悟空 | Wù Kōng | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 You2 Ji4] | |
| 格调 | gé diào | style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character | |
| 字形 | zì xíng | form of a Chinese character / variant of 字型[zi4 xing2] | |
| 猪八戒 | Zhū Bā jiè | Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation | |
| 品格 | pǐn gé | one's character / fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar) | |
| 大丈夫 | dà zhàng fu | a manly man / a man of character | |
| 写法 | xiě fǎ | style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling | |
| 字画 | zì huà | the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting | |
| 习性 | xí xìng | character acquired through long habit / habits and properties | |
| 修身 | xiū shēn | to cultivate one's moral character / (fashion) slim-fit / body-hugging | |
| 情操 | qíng cāo | sentiments / feelings / disposition of mind / moral character | |
| 区位 | qū wèi | geographical location / (computing) row-cell (i.e. the row 區|区[qu1] and cell 位[wei4] used to specify a character in a CJK character set) | |
| 笔画 | bǐ huà | strokes of a Chinese character | |
| 生字 | shēng zì | new character (in textbook) / character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied | |
| 脚踏实地 | jiǎo tà shí dì | to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character | |
| 会意 | huì yì | combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) | |
| 原形 | yuán xíng | original shape / true appearance (under the disguise) / true character | |
| 共性 | gòng xìng | overall character | |
| 合体 | hé tǐ | to combine / combination / composite character (i.e. a synonym of 合體字|合体字[he2 ti3 zi4]) / (of clothes) to be a good fit | |
| 民风 | mín fēng | popular customs / folkways / the character of the people of a nation (or region etc) | |
| 读音 | dú yīn | pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character | |
| 口诀 | kǒu jué | mnemonic chant / rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc) | |
| 单字 | dān zì | single Chinese character / word (in a foreign language) | |
| 枭雄 | xiāo xióng | ambitious and ruthless character / formidable person | |
| 主人翁 | zhǔ rén wēng | master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine | |
| 林黛玉 | Lín Dài yù | Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 | |
| 方格 | fāng gé | checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating illegible character | |
| 西门庆 | Xī mēn Qìng | Ximen Qing, character from 金瓶梅[Jin1 ping2 mei2] and 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] | |
| 西门庆 | Xī mén Qìng | Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels "Jin Ping Mei" 金瓶梅[Jin1 ping2 mei2] and "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] | |
| 骨气 | gǔ qì | unyielding character / courageous spirit / integrity / moral backbone | |
| 移情 | yí qíng | to redirect one's affections / (of literature etc) to cultivate people's character / empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object) / transference (psychology) | |
| 字串 | zì chuàn | (computing) character string (Tw) | |
| 错字 | cuò zì | incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text) | |
| 阿拉丁 | A1 lā dīng | Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights | |
| 繁体字 | fán tǐ zì | traditional Chinese character | |
| 字头 | 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 | |
| 假借 | jiǎ jiè | to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / 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 | |
| 贾宝玉 | Jiǎ Bǎo yù | Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 / but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗 | |
| 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) | |
| 一反常态 | yī fǎn cháng tài | complete change from the normal state (idiom) / quite uncharacteristic / entirely outside the norm / out of character | |
| 品性 | pǐn xìng | nature / characteristic / moral character | |
| 气量 | qì liàng | (lit. quantity of spirit) / moral character / degree of forbearance / broad-mindedness or otherwise / tolerance / magnanimity | |
| 师表 | shī biǎo | paragon of virtue and learning / exemplary character | |
| 刚烈 | gāng liè | resolute and upright in character / unyielding / staunch | |
| 李逵 | Lǐ Kuí | Li Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水滸全傳|水浒全传[Shui3 hu3 quan2 zhuan4] | |
| 声母 | shēng mǔ | the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1]) | |
| 部首 | bù shǒu | radical of a Chinese character | |
| 人之初 | rén zhī chū | man at birth (is fundamentally good in nature) / the first line of Three character classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 jing1] | |
| 大蛇丸 | Dà shé wán | Orochimaru, Japanese folktale hero / Orochimaru, character in the Naruto manga series | |
| 秉性 | bǐng xìng | innate character / natural disposition / attitude | |
| 简写 | jiǎn xiě | to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language | |
| 傲骨 | ào gǔ | lofty and unyielding character | |
| 音韵 | yīn yùn | music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character / phoneme | |
| 字根 | zì gēn | character root / word root / etymon | |
| 风骨 | fēng gǔ | strength of character / vigorous style (of calligraphy) | |
| 双喜 | shuāng xǐ | double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 / (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage | |
| 通配符 | tōng pèi fú | wildcard character (computing) | |
| 简体字 | jiǎn tǐ zì | simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4] | |
| 双拼 | shuāng pīn | (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final) | |
| 字义 | zì yì | meaning of a character | |
