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zì

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zì · zi6 (Jyutping)

  1. letter
  2. symbol
  3. character
  4. word
  5. CL:個|个[ge4]
  6. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

字

Meaning
letter, character, word
Radical
子
Strokes
6
Components
⿱宀子
Cangjie
JND
Four-corner
3040.7

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.

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