字 zì
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noun
letter; symbol; character
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 白纸写黑字 'to write black characters on white paper [to clearly document the matter]' (Guoyu '字' n 1; Suyu. p. 22; Unihan '字'; XHZD '字' 1) -
proper noun
Zi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '字' n 5) -
verb
to love
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 爱 (Guoyu '字' v 3) -
verb
to teach; to educate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 教育 (Guoyu '字' v 2) -
verb
to be allowed to marry
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 许嫁 (Guoyu '字' v 1; XHZD '字' 7) -
noun
courtesy name; style name; scholarly or literary name
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 表字 (Guoyu '字' n 2; XHZD '字' 5) -
noun
diction; wording
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字眼. -
noun
handwriting
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字迹 -
noun
calligraphy; a work of calligraphy
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 书法 (XHZD '字' 4) -
noun
a written pledge; a letter; a contract
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 书信 (Guoyu '字' n 3; XHZD '字' 6) -
noun
a font; a calligraphic style
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字体 (XHZD '字' 3) -
noun
the phonetic value of a character; the pronunciation of a character
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字音 (Guoyu '字' n 4; XHZD '字' 2)
Contained in
- 名字即 verbal identity
- 车字门(車字門) method of reciting the character cha
- 一字佛顶轮王经(一字佛頂輪王經) One Syllable Buddhosnisa Wheel Turning Ruler Sutra; Yizi Fo Ding Lunwang Jing
- 三字 three characters
- 吽字 hum syllable; hum-kara
- 金刚顶经一字顶轮王仪轨音义(金剛頂經一字頂輪王儀軌音義) Vajra Crown Sutra One Word Wheel Crown Liturgy; Jingang Ding Jing Yizi Ding Lunwang Yi Gui Yin Yi
- 菩提场所说一字顶轮王经(菩提場所說一字頂輪王經) Bodhimaṇḍanirdeśaikākṣaroṣṇiṣakakravartirājasūtra; Puti Changsuo Shuo Yizi Ding Lunwang Jing
- 吽字摄(吽字攝) hum syllable retention; humkara
- 十字佛顶印真言(十字佛頂印真言) Ten Syllable Usnisa Mudra Mantra
- 华严入法界四十二字观门(華嚴入法界四十二字觀門) Method of Meditation on the Forty-two Letters of the Gaṇdhayūha Chapter of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra
- 卍字续藏(卍字續藏) Manji Zokuzokyo
- 四十二字门(四十二字門) forty-two letter gateway
- 字轮观(字輪觀) contemplation on a wheel of letters
- 曼殊室利菩萨呪藏中一字呪王经(曼殊室利菩薩呪藏中一字呪王經) Manjusri Bodhisattva, Dharma Prince Mantra Hidden in One Syylable Sutra; Manshushili Pusa Zhou Cang Zhong Yizi Zhou Wang Jing
Also contained in
悉昙文字 、 克漏字 、 卜字旁 、 外八字脚 、 汉字简化方案 、 前缀字 、 字根 、 许字 、 字元 、 字段 、 食字旁 、 个人数字助理 、 简化字 、 常用字 、 借字 、 无字碑 、 五笔字形 、 点字机 、 字顺主题 、 字面 、 高清数字电视 、 古文字 、 错字 、 丁字街 、 拆字 、 一致字 、 数字网 、 包字头 、 字画 、 数字信号处理技术 、 不识字 、 文字头 、 现代汉语常用字表 、 注音字母 、 正字 、 白纸黑字 、 数字通信
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Notes on Siddhaṃ Script 悉曇字記 — count: 229
- Scroll 89 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sui Shu Yan Yi Chao 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 — count: 169
- Scroll 10 Commentary on the Vairocana Sutra 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 — count: 161
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 144
- Scroll 25 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 139
- Scroll 20 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 133
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 128
- Scroll 1 Mahavairocana Buddha Chanting Summary (Da Piluzhena Fo Shuo Yao Lue Niansong Jing) 大毘盧遮那佛說要略念誦經 — count: 124
- Scroll 2 Da Piluzhena Jing Gongyang Cidi Fa Shu 大毘盧遮那經供養次第法疏 — count: 110
- Scroll 14 Commentary on the Vairocana Sutra 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 — count: 109
Collocations
- 弟子字 (弟子字) 維衛佛第一弟子字為塞 — Sutra on the Names of the Fathers and Mothers of the Seven Buddhas (Qi Fo Fumu Xing Zi Jing) 七佛父母姓字經, Scroll 1 — count: 14
- 有名字 (有名字) 為有更有名字不 — Sutra on the Conditions for Desire and Rebirth (Ren Ben Yu Sheng Jing) 人本欲生經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
- 父字 (父字) 父字槃裱剎利王 — Sutra on the Names of the Fathers and Mothers of the Seven Buddhas (Qi Fo Fumu Xing Zi Jing) 七佛父母姓字經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
- 母字 (母字) 母字槃頭末陀 — Sutra on the Names of the Fathers and Mothers of the Seven Buddhas (Qi Fo Fumu Xing Zi Jing) 七佛父母姓字經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
- 子字 (子字) 子字無延 — Sutra on the Names of the Fathers and Mothers of the Seven Buddhas (Qi Fo Fumu Xing Zi Jing) 七佛父母姓字經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 树字 (樹字) 一樹字迦栴 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 字因陀罗 (字因陀羅) 盡字因陀羅 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 4
- 字欝 (字欝) 母字欝多羅 — Sutra on the Names of the Fathers and Mothers of the Seven Buddhas (Qi Fo Fumu Xing Zi Jing) 七佛父母姓字經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 字色 (字色) 從識為字色 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 十三字 (十三字) 千二百一十三字 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 3