字

Meaning

字 centers on a written symbol that carries meaning: a character, letter, or word. The 'section of village' meaning is a specific historical usage where a character was used to name a district.

• 文字もじ
  N3

  letter (of an alphabet); character

• 字あざ
  N1

  section of village

• 字じ
  N5

  character (esp. kanji); letter; written text

• 数字すうじ
  N3

  numeral; digit; numeric character

• 漢字かんじ
  N5

  kanji; Chinese character

• 字幕じまく

  subtitles; captioning

• 赤字あかじ
  N2

  (being in) the red; deficit

• 文字通りもじどおり
  N1

  literally; to the letter

• 誤字ごじ
  N1

  misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum

• 苗字みょうじ
  N3

  surname; family name; last name

• 十字架じゅうじか
  N1

  cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)

• 絵文字えもじ

  emoji

• 黒字くろじ
  N2

  (being in) the black; surplus

• 頭文字かしらもじ

  first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)

• 活字かつじ
  N2

  (piece of) type; movable type; moveable type; printing type

• ローマ字ローマじ
  N4

  Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet

• 大文字おおもじ
  N1

  uppercase letter; capital letter

• 十字じゅうじ

  cross; cross shape

• 小文字こもじ
  N1

  lowercase letter

• 太字ふとじ

  boldface; bold-type; thick characters

• 英字えいじ
  N1

  English letter; alphabetic character

• 点字てんじ

  braille

• 字体じたい
  N1

  form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional)

• 習字しゅうじ
  N2

  penmanship; calligraphy

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