字 zì▶ carácter

Stroke order

字 is written in 6 strokes.

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Senses

1. letter
2. symbol
3. character
4. word
5. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

Example sentences

• 这个字很小。Zhège zì hěn xiǎo.This character is very small.
• 我会写一些字。Wǒ huì xiě yīxiē zì.I can write some characters.

Related words

• 名字nombre
• 数字número
• 字幕Subtítulo
• 字母Carta; letra
• 文字escritura, carácter
• 赤字déficit; números rojos

字 is pronounced zì and means “carácter”. It belongs to the HSK 1 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 字 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.