字
Character
Meanings
Character, Letter, Word, Section Of Village
On'yomi
じ
Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.
Kun'yomi
あざ、 あざな、 -な
Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.
Stroke order
字 is written in 6 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
About this kanji
字 (Character) is taught on WaniKani at level 4 and appears in the JLPT N4 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 1 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #485 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 6 strokes.
Other kanji at WaniKani level 4
Words using 字
ローマ字ローマじLatin alphabet一字いちじ(one) letter英字えいじEnglish letter英数字えいすうじalphanumeric character横文字よこもじhorizontal script (esp. of a European language)絵文字えもじemoji活字かつじ(piece of) type漢字かんじkanji誤字ごじmisprint黒字くろじ(being in) the black字じcharacter (esp. kanji)字引じびきdictionary字画じかくstrokes in a Chinese character字形じけいcharacter style字体じたいform of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional)字幕じまくsubtitles
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