字
字 — character, letter, word
- JLPT
- JLPT N4
- Strokes
- 6
- Taught in
- School year 1
- Frequency
- #485 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
-
- じ ji
- じ ji
- Kun'yomi
-
- あざ aza
- あざな azana
- -な -na
- あざ aza
Words that use 字
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 漢字 かんじ kanji JLPT N5
- 字引 じびき dictionary JLPT N5
- 字 じ character (esp. kanji) JLPT N4
- 数字 すうじ numeral JLPT N3
- 文字 もじ letter (of an alphabet) JLPT N3
- 字体 じたい form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional) JLPT N3
- 活字 かつじ (piece of) type JLPT N2
- 習字 しゅうじ penmanship JLPT N2
- 苗字 みょうじ surname JLPT N2
- ローマ字 ローマじ Latin alphabet JLPT N2