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letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個|个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
HSK 1
name (of a person or thing) / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
Chinese character(s)
HSK 1
numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:
HSK 2
character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
letter (of the alphabet) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to sign (one's name) / signature
HSK 5
to learn to read / able to read; literate
HSK 6
office building
HSK 6
writing desk
HSK 6
subtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
HSK 7-9
incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
HSK 7-9
pyramid (building or structure)
HSK 7-9
calligraphic style / typeface / font
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese character
HSK 7-9
wording
HSK 7-9
simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字
HSK 7-9
handwriting
HSK 7-9
(financial) deficit / red letter
HSK 7-9
crossroads / intersection
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy
felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen
character with two or more readings
typewriter
keyword
cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
movable type
alphabetical order
font / typeface
single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language)
(idiom) to say not a single word about it
to type
component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root; etymon
character (computing) (Tw)
wrongly written or mispronounced character
betrothed
to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling)
cross / crucifix / yoke one has to endure
incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text)
the character 8 or / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
number of written characters; number of words; word count
first letter of a word or serial number / first character of a Chinese word / first digit of a number / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
cross-stitch
ideograph / ideographical writing system
thong (underwear)
(computing) character string (Tw)
Zihui, Chinese character dictionary with 33,179 entries, released in 17th century
(computer) character repertoire / glossary, lexicon
piece of paper with short note / short letter
copybook (for calligraphy)
crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades
phonetic value of a character
philology
new character (in textbook) / character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
ancient character / archaic form of a Chinese character
(computing) byte / CL: 個|个
Chinese character (Hanzi) / the native script used to write a nation's language
characters and numbers (as used in a code) / alphanumeric code / serial number
character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
string (computing)
variant Chinese character
to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
to practice writing characters
the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
word index (of a dictionary)
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
pictogram / hieroglyph
Chinese character that is pronounced the same (as another character)
look-up method for Chinese characters
character (computing)
(idiom) able to read; literate
Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈 in 17th century
the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries
original form of a Chinese character
character code
to write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc) / an inscription
Roman numerals
to learn to read / able to read; literate
Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters
(slang) swearword / four-letter word
form of a Chinese character / variant of 字型
loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
to practice writing characters
meaning of a character
one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
lit. not even the first stroke of the character has been written (idiom) / fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
character book (i.e. school primer)
brief note
everyday words
capital letters / uppercase letters
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning / connotations
lowercase (letters)
(written) in black and white
Red Cross
letter puzzle
word for word; verbatim

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