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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

字 [zì]

1. noun [文字] character
2. noun [字音] pronunciation

字正腔圆

have perfect enunciation
3. noun [书法作品] calligraphy

字画

painting and calligraphy
4. noun [字体] script

黑体字

bold face
5. noun [字据] written pledge

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

字 [zì]

1. noun word; character

字形

the form of a written character

字义

meaning of a word

你这个字写得不对。

You wrote this character wrong.
2. noun pronunciation (of a word or character)

说话字字清楚

pronounce every word clearly; have clear articulation
3. noun form of a written or printed character; style of handwriting; printing type

篆字

seal character

黑体字

boldface type
4. noun scripts; writings

专藏字，不藏画

only collect scripts (or writings), not paintings
5. noun receipt; written pledge

收到款子，写个字儿给他。

Write him a receipt when you get the money from him.
6. noun a style (or name) taken at the age of twenty, by which a man is sometimes called

诸葛亮字孔明。

Zhuge Liang styled himself Kongming.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

字 [zì]

1. 名文字，记录语言的书写符号

认字。

汉字。

常用字。

字母。
2. 名表字

关羽，姓关名羽字云长。

仲谋是孙权的字。
3. 动旧时称女子许婚

待字闺中。
4. 名指汉字的不同形体，也指书法的不同派别

篆字。

草字。

柳字。

赵字。
5. 名书法作品

向老先生求一幅字。

字画。
6. 名字据

立字为凭。
7. 名指字音

吐字清楚。

字正腔圆。
8. 名指语词

文从字顺。

琢句炼字。

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Examples

旧时人们在提到自己的字的时候，往往用“草字”两个字表示谦虚。: In ancient times, people often used "Cao Zi"to show their humility when mentioning their names.
汉姓一般都是一个字，最多是两个字。: The surname of Han people has one character, and two characters at most.
钢笔字尚且写不好，更别说毛笔字了
我把这字念白了。: I've mispronounced the character.
字写得棒: write a good hand
“兵”字的本义是武器。: The original meaning of "兵" is weapon.
李白，字太白，别号青莲居士。: Li Bai, whose courtesy name was Taibai, was also known as the Hermit of Green Lotus.
把漏了的字补上: supply the missing words
这孩子才五岁，已经认得不少字了。: The child is only five, and he already knows quite a few characters.
这几个字写得太草。: These characters are written in a sloppy hand.; 207 more results

Character Decomposition

宀 [mián]	+	子 [zǐ]

Stroke Order

Total Strokes: 6

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