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汉字 (Hàn zì): Chinese character (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

汉字 consists of 2 characters.

Han Chinese; Chinese (ethnicity)

(Chinese) character

Word Info

PinyinHàn zì

MeaningChinese character

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 1

SyntaxNoun

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 汉字.

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Words with 字

名字míng ziHSK 1
字典zì diǎnHSK 3
数字shù zìHSK 4
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字幕zì mùHSK 5
字母zì mǔHSK 5
文字wén zìHSK 5
签字qiān zìHSK 5

3.

Example Sentences with 汉字

wǒ我

rèn认

shí识

zhè这

ge个

hàn汉

zì字

。

I recognize this Chinese character.

wǒ我

měi每

tiān天

xué学

xí习

wǔ五

gè个

hàn汉

zì字

。

I learn five Chinese characters every day.

zhè这

gè个

hàn汉

zì字

hěn很

nán难

xiě写

。

This Chinese character is very difficult to write.

wǒ我

zhèng正

zài在

xué学

xí习

hàn汉

zì字

。

I am learning 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.

kǎi楷

shū书

shì是

hàn汉

zì字

de的

biāo标

zhǔn准

zì字

tǐ体

。

Regular script is the standard font for Chinese characters.

zhè这

shì是

jī基

chǔ础

hàn汉

zì字

。

This is a basic Chinese character.

xué学

xí习

zhōng中

wén文

shí时

，

pīn拼

yīn音

néng能

bāng帮

zhù助

wǒ我

dú读

hàn汉

zì字

。

When learning Chinese, pinyin helps me read Chinese characters.

wǒ我

men们

měi每

tiān天

cāo操

liàn练

hàn汉

zì字

。

We practice Chinese characters every day.

jié截

zhì至

jīn今

tiān天

，

wǒ我

xué学

le了

shí十

gè个

hàn汉

zì字

。

As of today, I have learned ten Chinese characters.