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The character "字" has 6 strokes. "字" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "字" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "字" are "zì" . View the stroke order of "字">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "字"

n.: character; word; courtesy name; style/name taken at the age of twenty, by which a man is sometimes called; style of calligraphy; style of handwriting; printing type; calligraphy; scripts; writings; wording; diction; receipt; IOU; written pledge; pronunciation (of a word or character); name

v.: (of a girl) be engaged to; be betrothed to

• character : n.性格；品性；人物；角色；字母；符号；特征；特性；特色
• word : n.词；字；话；消息；信息；诺言；命令；保证；歌词；词句
• calligraphy : n.美术字；书法
• scripts : n.脚本；手迹；剧本；笔迹；字母表；（script的复数）
• writings : n.作品；著作；笔迹；写作；（writing的复数）
• wording : n.措辞；用词
• diction : n.措辞；用语；咬字；发音
• receipt : n.收到；接到；处方；收据；发票；收入；进款
• IOU : n.借据
• name : n.名字；姓名；姓；名称；名人；属劳埃德保险社辛迪加的承保人；名声；名誉；虚名；声望

Form words with "字"

辨认字 decipher words

屏蔽字 mask word

代码字 code word

下标字 index word

漏掉字 leave out a word

一个字 a character

谐音字 homophonic words

字段长度 field length

二进制字 binary word

头号字 size one type

中国字 Chinese characters; Chinese written language

冷僻字 rarely used word; unfamiliar word

烫金字 gold-stamped characters; characters stamped in gold

艺术字 character in a fancy style

破读字 character of split reading ［character not pronounced in the usual way because of a different meaning or function］

字写得帅 write a beautiful hand

删一个字 delete a word

多余的字 redundant words

六画的字 characters formed with six strokes

字盘式计算机 dialing set computer

Example phrases using "字"

• 我几乎认不出他那歪七扭八的字。

  I could hardly read his chicken scratch.

• 小孩子的字一般都写得不成个儿。

  Little children’s handwriting is usually not in the right shape/proper form.

• 论文应限于5，000字左右。

  A thesis should not exceed 5,000 words.

• 这个字落笔的收笔似乎不太好。

  The first stroke of the character seems to lack a proper ending.

• 人们认为在船上提“翻”字是犯忌。

  It is believed that the mentioning of the word ‘capsize’ on a boat is a taboo.

• 倒数第二行末了的那几个字看不清楚。

  The last few characters of the second line from the bottom are illegible.

• 小孩子的字能写成这样，总算不错了。

  It’s not bad at all for a child’s handwriting.

• 他的字太草，不容易辨认。

  His handwriting is too sloppy to be intelligible.

• 这篇短篇小说长约五千字。

  This short story is about 5,000 words long.

• 这里可能脱漏了几个字。

  A few words are probably missing here.