The kanji 字: meaning, readings and stroke order

字

Meaning: letter, character
On reading: ジ ji
Kun reading: あざ aza
Strokes: 6
Radical: 子 child, seed
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chữ (tự)
Japanese: もじ。
Korean: 글자 (자)
Chinese: 字

Readings, words and example sentences

ジ ji · on reading

字じ
letter, character
この字じはむずかしいです。
This character is hard.
赤あか字じ
red writing
先生が 赤あか字じでなおしてくれました。
My teacher fixed it in red.

あざ aza · kun reading · less common

大おお字あざ
village area (in old addresses)
ここの 大おお字あざは森といいます。
This area is called Mori.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.