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1.

Animated Stroke Order 字

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 字 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 字

字 stroke order diagram

3.

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5.

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This group focuses on 字 as the written Chinese character, its shape, and its use in writing.

汉字 • Hàn zì • Chinese character • HSK 3.0 · L1

HSK 3.0 · L1

6.

HSK Vocabulary: 字

HSK words that contain this character.

名字 • míng zi • given name

HSK 1

míng名

zi

7.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 字 is used in context

wǒ我

jīng经

cháng常

shǐ使

yòng用

zì字

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Meaning(Chinese) character

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宀roof

A child (子) under a roof (宀) — to nurture and educate, later meaning a written character.

Hàn汉

zì字

Chinese character

字典 • zì diǎn • dictionary • HSK 3.0 · L3

HSK 3.0 · L3

zì字

diǎn典

dictionary

字体 • zì tǐ • Font • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

zì字

tǐ体

Font

字迹 • zì jì • Handwriting • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

zì字

jì迹

Handwriting

Character as a unit

Here 字 combines with nouns to mean a written unit like a letter, subtitle, or digit.

字母 • zì mǔ • letters [of an alphabet] • HSK 5

HSK 5

zì字

mǔ母

letters [of an alphabet]

字幕 • zì mù • captions; subtitles • HSK 5

HSK 5

zì字

mù幕

captions; subtitles

数字 • shù zì • digital • HSK 4

HSK 4

shù数

zì字

digital

字

given name

文字 • wén zì • writing

HSK 5

wén文

zì字

writing

十字路口 • shí zì lù kǒu • crossroads

HSK 3.0 · L4

shí十

zì字

lù路

kǒu口

crossroads

签字 • qiān zì • to sign (one's name)

HSK 3.0 · L5

qiān签

zì字

to sign (one's name)

赤字 • chì zì • deficit

HSK 6

chì赤

zì字

deficit

数字化 • shù zì huà • to digitize; digitization; digital

HSK 3.0 · L6

shù数

zì字

huà化

to digitize; digitization; digital

diǎn典

chá查

shēng生

cí词

。

I often use a dictionary to look up new words.

wǒ我

rèn认

shi识

hěn很

duō多

Hàn汉

zì字

。

I know many Chinese characters.

hàn汉

zì字

shì是

zhōng中

wén文

de的

shū书

xiě写

xì系

tǒng统

。

Chinese characters are the writing system of Chinese.

yīng yǔ yǒu 2 6 gè zì mǔ 。

英语有26个字母。

English has 26 letters.

zhè这

ge个

zì字

zěn怎

me么

xiě写

？

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是shìto be
书shūbook
水shuǐwater
说shuōspeak
四sìfour
岁suìyear (of crop harvests)

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "zi".

孜zībe as diligent as possible
滓zǐsediment, lees, dregs
淄zīriver in Shandong province
渍zìsoak, steep; dye; stains; sodden
姊zǐelder sister
咨zīto consult, to take counsel

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "子".

孜zībe as diligent as possible
孰shúwho? which? what? which one?
孺rúchild; blood relation; affection
孪luántwin
孽nièevil; son of concubine; ghost
孬nāobad; cowardly

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