粵

Cantonese · Jyutping

Mandarin · Pinyin

  • zì

English

  1. letter, character, word
  2. letter
  3. (noun) the number of floor
  4. character; word
  5. symbol
  6. five minutes; literally 'number' (referring to the distance between two adjacent numbers on a clock)
  7. character
  8. written pledge, contract
  9. word
  10. script; handwriting; penmanship; calligraphy
  11. CL:個|个[ge4]
  12. tails (of a coin)
  13. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
  14. pronunciation (of a word or character)
  15. (in Chinese culture) zi, i.e. a courtesy name bestowed upon a man at his coming-of-age ceremony at 20. Although the courtesy name usually matches in meaning with the given name, the former is usually used in place of the latter by acquaintances of the same generation as a term of address.

粵語

  1. 文字；記錄語言嘅符號（量詞：隻／個／行）
  2. 十二小時制嘅時鐘上面有十二個代表整點嘅數字，分針每五分鐘就到另一個數字，所以每個字就用嚟代指五分鐘（量詞：個）
  3. 憑據、字據
  4. 書法；字跡；筆跡；寫字嘅痕跡、表現形式（量詞：手）
  5. 硬幣上鑄有幣值數字果一邊
  6. 發音
  7. 以前男子滿二十歲，行過冠禮，代表經已成人，就會取表字（或作別字），改嗰陣會襯返佢本名嘅意思。同輩外人多數唔會直呼其名，而係以字相稱。

Decomposition

Structure

宀子

IDS

⿱宀子

Components

宀子

Stroke order

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