字

Meaning(noun)

letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

Measure words: 个

Examples

• 这个字怎么读？

  zhè ge zì zěn me dú?

  How do you read this character?

• 他的字写得很漂亮。

  tā de zì xiě dé hěn piào liang.

  His handwriting is beautiful.

• 我今天学了十个新字。

  wǒ jīn tiān xué le shí gè xīn zì.

  I learned ten new characters today.

Easily confused

• 词 — 字 is a single character; 词 is a word, which may have several characters.

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