字 – character, letter, word

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The kanji 字 means character, letter, word, section of village. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジ (ji); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あざ、あざな、-な (aza, azana, na). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 子 (no. 39).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジ	ji
Kun’yomi	あざ	aza
Kun’yomi	あざな	azana
Kun’yomi	-な	na

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 子 (Kangxi radical 39). Components: 子・宀.

Words using 字

漢字かんじkanji字引じびきdictionary字じcharacter (esp. kanji)数字すうじnumeral文字もじletter (of an alphabet)文字もんじletter (of an alphabet)字体じたいform of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional)活字かつじ(piece of) type習字しゅうじpenmanship名字みょうじsurnameローマ字ローマじLatin alphabet英字えいじEnglish letter黒字くろじ(being in) the black赤字あかじ(being in) the red十字路じゅうじろcrossroads当て字あてじkanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning

Example sentences

漢字を書くときは点やはらいに気をつけて、なるべく早くていねいに書きましょう。

When drawing kanji be careful of dots and sweeps, write as carefully and quickly as possible.

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君は字がうまいね。

You write very neatly, don't you?

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小切手の金額は数字と文字の両方で書いて下さい。

Write the amount on the check in letters as well as figures.

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Kanji with the same radical

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Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.