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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *字* | 字* | *字
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
writing desk
HSK 6
office building
HSK 6
pyramid (building or structure)
HSK 7-9
calligraphic style / typeface / font
HSK 7-9
subtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
HSK 7-9
(financial) deficit / red letter
HSK 7-9
wording
HSK 7-9
crossroads / intersection
HSK 7-9
handwriting
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese character
HSK 7-9
incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
HSK 7-9
characters and numbers (as used in a code) / alphanumeric code / serial number
character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC)
(numeric, data) field
number of written characters; number of words; word count
cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
character (computing)
the character 8 or / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *诀* | 诀* | *诀
to bid farewell / tricks of the trade / pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)
letters or words / words or phrase
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)
to type
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龶* | 龶* | *龶
component in Chinese characters, occurring in , , etc, referred to as 青字頭|青字头
to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy
Red Cross
digital-to-analog / abbr. for 數字到模擬|数字到模拟
(computing) byte / CL: 個|个
piece of paper with short note / short letter
copybook (for calligraphy)
Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎 in 2nd century
letter puzzle
new character (in textbook) / character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
I-beam
to combine / combination / composite character (i.e. a synonym of 合體字|合体字) / (of clothes) to be a good fit
incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text)
T-shaped
gold lettering / gold characters
meaning of a character
movable type
abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
cross-stitch
to learn to read / able to read; literate
single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language)
to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling)
wrongly written or mispronounced character
brief note
single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
words / expressions / writing
the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼 (禮儀|礼仪), music 樂|乐 (音樂|音乐), archery (射箭), charioteering (駕車|驾车), calligraphy or literacy 書|书 (識字|识字), mathematics or reckoning 數|数 (計算|计算) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经
analog-to-digital / abbr. for 模擬到數字|模拟到数字
to spell / spelling
fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
prefix
to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书
character with two or more readings
literal / typeface
big-character poster
ancient character / archaic form of a Chinese character
component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root; etymon
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning / connotations
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *艹* | 艹* | *艹
to write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc) / an inscription
mispronounced or wrongly written character
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect / each word is highly valued
flip-flops (abbr. for 人字拖鞋)
literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
to practice writing characters
character code
character book (i.e. school primer)
(idiom) every word is a gem
obscenity
to pronounce (clearly or otherwise) / to enunciate
(idiom) to say not a single word about it
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *讠* | 讠* | *讠
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁
font / typeface
diction; enunciation / (opera) to pronounce the words correctly
character (computing) (Tw)
to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom)
form of a Chinese character / variant of 字型
(written) in black and white
mustache shaped like character
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夂* | 夂* | *夂
"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters / see also 冬字頭|冬字头
weighing every word
(idiom) able to read; literate
to craft one's words

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