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Character Decomposition
字=宀+子
Etymology
A child 子 in a house 宀; 子 also provides the pronunciation
Meanings
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courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
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Words with 字 734 total
original form of a Chinese character本字běn zìto tattoo刺字cì zìancient character · archaic form of a Chinese character古字gǔ zìT-shape丁字dīng zìmovable type活字huó zìerroneous character · typographical error讹字é zì(financial) deficit · red letter赤字chì zìChinese character incorrectly written or read aloud in place of another character白字bái zìto type (using a keyboard, typewriter or phone etc)打字dǎ zìfortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters拆字chāi zìsingle Chinese character · (Tw) word (of a foreign language)单字dān zì