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字

Letter
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingジ
Kun readingあざ
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 1Level 3

Meanings

  1. letter
  2. characterRtK
  3. section of villageあざ ↓
  4. word
    それは、それまでの節用集と字引方法が異なる。It offered a different method to search for words from the previous series of setsuyoshu.wiki
  1. character (esp. kanji)
  2. written text
  3. handwriting
  4. penmanship

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same spelling, other readings
  • 字 あざ — section of village
Same reading (じ)
痔 · hemorrhoids時 · hour
Same reading (あざ)
痣 · birthmark

Popular Usage

漢字字引数字活字習字赤字英字黒字当て字

Radicals and components

Radical子child
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

house · child (子)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 197

Compound words

漢字かんじ
kanji; Chinese character
字引じびき
dictionary
数字すうじ
numeral; digit; numeric character; figure; number
活字かつじ
(piece of) type; movable type; moveable type; printing type; printed word
習字しゅうじ
penmanship; calligraphy
黒字くろじ
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
赤字あかじ
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
卍字まんじ
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol)
英字えいじ
English letter; alphabetic character
一字いちじ
(one) letter; (one) character
誤字ごじ
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
字画じかく
strokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character
字形じけい
character style; character form
字体じたい
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
字幕じまく
subtitles; captioning
十字じゅうじ
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
太字ふとじ
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
点字てんじ
braille
文字もじ
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
苗字みょうじ
surname; family name; last name
字数じすう
number of characters; number of letters
題字だいじ
title lettering
英数字えいすうじ
alphanumeric character; letters (of the English alphabet) and numbers
横文字よこもじ
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language

On Reading Examples

彼は十分字が読める。じ
He is well able to read.tatoeba
彼は字が下手だ。じ
His handwriting is poor.tatoeba
彼はその生徒の字の書き方のあらを探すがはやい。じ
He is quick to find fault with the student's penmanship.tatoeba
彼はあんな小さい字が読めるのだから近視どころではない。じ
Since he can read such tiny print, he is far from being near-sighted.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は文字どおりの馬鹿だ。
He is literally stupid.tatoeba
彼は文字どおりのばかだ。
He is a real fool.tatoeba
彼は非常に知識のある人、すなわち生き字引である。
He is a man of great knowledge, that is to say, a walking dictionary.tatoeba
彼は匿名で赤十字に多額のお金を寄付した。
He anonymously donated a large sum of money to the Red Cross.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Letter, character. 宀 (house) + 子 (child) — a child learning letters at home.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 字

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