汉字

hàn zì

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HSK 3.0 Level 1 Noun Rare

Definitions

1. Chinese character
2. Japanese: kanji
3. Korean: hanja
4. Vietnamese: hán tự

Word relationships

Related words

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• 拼音 pīn yīn 拼音 pīn yīn phonetic writing 拼音 is the Romanization system for Chinese characters, a related concept when learning Chinese.: phonetic writing

Synonyms

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• 字 zì 字 zì letter As the general word for character, can replace 汉字 in some contexts.: letter

Usage notes

Collocations

Often used in compound words like 汉字文化 (Chinese character culture) or 汉字输入法 (Chinese character input method).

Formality

This is a formal term used in linguistics and education. In casual conversation, people might just say 字.

Example Sentences

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这个 汉字 看起来很简单。

This Chinese character looks very simple.

我每天练一个小时 汉字 。

I practice Chinese characters for an hour every day.

我每天练习写十个 汉字 。

I practice writing ten Chinese characters every day.

他会说中文，并且会写 汉字 。

He can speak Chinese and can write Chinese characters.

她非常有耐心地教我写 汉字 。

She very patiently taught me to write Chinese characters.

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Words Containing 汉字

• 汉字字体 汉字字体 hàn zì zì tǐ: calligraphic style of Chinese characters
• 汉字查字法 汉字查字法 hàn zì chá zì fǎ: look-up method for Chinese characters
• 第二次汉字简化方案 第二次汉字简化方案 dì èr cì hàn zì jiǎn huà fāng àn: Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)
• 统汉字 统汉字 tǒng hàn zì: Unihan
• 通用汉字标准交换码 通用汉字标准交换码 tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ: Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard

Child Words of 汉字

• 字 字 zì: letter
• 汉 汉 hàn: Han ethnic group