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字 · character, letter

字 is a kanji meaning character, letter, word, section of village. It has 6 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ジji

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • あざaza
  • あざなazana
  • -な-na

Practise the N4 kanji

In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 字 · 16 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 字
WordReadingMeaningLevel
漢字かんじkanji; Chinese characterN5
字引じびきdictionaryN5
字じletter; characterN4
数字すうじnumeral, figureN3
文字もじletter (of alphabet), characterN3
文字もんじletter (of alphabet), characterN3
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More words that use 字
WordReadingMeaningLevel
字体じたいfont, letteringN3
活字かつじprinting typeN2
習字しゅうじpenmanshipN2
名字みょうじsurname, family nameN2
ローマ字ローマじromanization, Roman letters (alphabet)N2
英字えいじEnglish letter (character)N1
黒字くろじbalance (figure) in the blackN1
赤字あかじdeficit, go in the redN1
当て字あてじphonetic-equivalent character, substitute characterN1
十字路じゅうじろcrossroadsN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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6 strokes
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