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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zì | zi4
English translation
letter
symbol
character
word
CL:
>[gè]
courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
character, letter, symbol, word

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A child  in a house  gài also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

宀子

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gài represents the meaning and represents the sound. The gài (roof) component is based on the original meaning "raise; nurture". The meaning later shifted to "educate", "word", and "writing".

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Example sentences using

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" yuàn 愿意 yuànyì ràng dào 亚特兰大 Yà tè lán dà ,去刻 shǎng 几个 jǐ ge ya ?

" Would you like for me to take it to Atlanta and have it engraved? "

听到 tīng dào 有人 yǒu rén jiào de 名字 míngzi .

I heard my name called.

数字 shùzì 100 yǒu liǎng líng .

The figure 100 has two zeros in it.

de 名字 míngzi tián zài měi shǎng duān de 括弧 kuò hú nèi .

Put your name in brackets at the top of each page.

Wáng de 写法 xiě fǎ shì Sān héng shù .

The character " Wáng " is composed of one vertical and three horizontal strokes.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
名字 míngzi name (of a person or thing)名字 míngzi
letter
数字 shùzì numeral數字
文字 wénzì character文字 wénzì
签字 qiān zì signature簽字
字母 zìmǔ letter (of the alphabet)字母 zìmǔ
十字架 shí zì jià cross十字架 shí zì jià
金字塔 jīn zì tǎ pyramid (building or structure)金字塔 jīn zì tǎ
字样 zì yàng model or template character字樣
写字楼 xiě zì lóu office building寫字樓
字幕 zìmù caption字幕 zìmù
汉字 hàn zì Chinese character漢字
写字 xiě zì to write characters寫字
字眼 zì yǎn wording字眼 zì yǎn
数字化 shù zì huà to digitalize數字化
赤字 chìzì red letter赤字 chìzì
字典 zì diǎn dictionary字典 zì diǎn
识字 shí zì to learn to read識字
字体 zì tǐ typeface字體
十字路口 shí zì lù kǒu crossroads十字路口 shí zì lù kǒu
字条 zì tiáo brief note字條
打字 dǎ zì to type打字 dǎ zì
老字号 lǎo zì hào shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation老字號
字号 zì hào fame字號
字迹 zì jì handwriting字跡

Decomposition & Compounds

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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