| Kanji | 字 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ジ | 
| Kunyomi | あざ、あざな、-な | 
| English | character, letter, word, section of village | 
| Examples | 文字(もんじ): (1) letter (of alphabet); character (2) literal 黒字(くろじ): balance (figure) in the black 数字(すうじ): numeral; figure; digit; numeric character 赤字(あかじ): (1) deficit; (being in or going into) the red (2) red text; red letters (3) corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red 漢字(かんじ): Chinese characters; kanji 活字(かつじ): printing type 苗字(みょうじ): surname; family name 字(あざ): section of village 英字(えいじ): English letter; alphabetic character 十字路(じゅうじろ): crossroads ローマ字(ローマじ): Latin alphabet; transliteration of Japanese in "Roman" or Latin letters; romanization; romanisation; romaji 字(じ): (1) character (i.e. kanji) (2) hand-writing; penmanship (3) the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love") 字引(じびき): dictionary 習字(しゅうじ): penmanship 字体(じたい): type; font; lettering 当て字(あてじ): kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character | 
| JLPT Level | 4 | 
| Jouyou Grade | 1 | 
| Frequency | 485 | 
| Components | 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac | 
| Number of Strokes | 6 | 
| Kanji Radical | 子 | 
| Radical Number | 39 | 
| Radical Strokes | 3 | 
| Radical Reading | こ・こへん | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic | 
| Keyword | character | 
| Koohii Story 1 | CHILDren learn Kanji characters underneath a HOUSE. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | Why do I have to wear this roof on my head all the time father? "Shut up! It builds character!". | 
| RTK Index (new) | 197 | 
Tags: jlpt.n4, grade1, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_human.activities_communication
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