Kanji1 / 6
字 kanji
character, letter, word, section of village
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ジ
Kun readings
あざあざな-な
Words with 字
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —あて字kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; ateji; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
- —宛て字kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; ateji; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
- —八の字figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
- —生字引walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary
- —躍り字iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark
- —伏せ字symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
- —字づらappearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)
- —恩の字(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough
- —新字體new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946
- —崩し字character written in a cursive style
- —雁字搦binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
- —丁字油clove oil
- —髪文字hairpiece; false hair; switch; hair
- —借り字kanji used for sound equivalence
- —か文字mother; wife
- —ホの字the L-word (i.e. love); being in love
- —文字るto parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on); to twist; to distort
- —酢文字sushi
- —偽十字False Cross (asterism)
- —書替字substitute kanji; kanji used in place of another with the same meaning