字 means “character, letter”

じ · ji

Also: word, section of village

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あざ, あざな

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジ

JLPT N4 · Taught in grade 1 · 6 strokes

The story

A child sheltered under a roof, learning to write: 字 is the character that means "character," the building block of all written knowledge.

Used in 漢字 (kanji, Chinese characters) and 文字 (moji, letter/character)

Words with 字

• 文字 (もじ, moji): character / letter
• 漢字 (かんじ, kanji): kanji / Chinese characters
• 文字 (もじ, moji): character / letter
• 名字 (みょうじ, myouji): family name
• 赤字 (あかじ, akaji): deficit / red ink
• 赤字 (あかじ, akaji): deficit / red ink

More from Mind & Knowledge

• 文 writing
• 言 say
• 習 learn
• 試 test
• 知 know
• 教 teach
• 考 think
• 記 record
• 答 answer
• 問 question
• 題 topic
• 正 correct

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.