| | letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個|个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | HSK 1 |
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| | Chinese character / CL: 個|个 / Japanese: kanji / Korean: hanja / Vietnamese: hán tự | HSK 1 |
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| | name (of a person or thing) / CL: 個|个 | HSK 1 |
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| | Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL: 本 | HSK 2 |
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| | numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | letter (of the alphabet) / CL: 個|个 | HSK 4 |
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| | to sign (one's name) / signature | HSK 5 |
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| | to learn to read | HSK 6 |
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| | office building | HSK 6 |
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| | writing desk | HSK 6 |
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| | caption / subtitle | HSK 7-9 |
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| | traditional Chinese character | HSK 7-9 |
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| | incorrectly written or mispronounced characters | HSK 7-9 |
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| | simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | pyramid (building or structure) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | calligraphic style / typeface / font | HSK 7-9 |
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| | wording | HSK 7-9 |
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| | handwriting | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (financial) deficit / red letter | HSK 7-9 |
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| | crossroads / intersection | HSK 7-9 |
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| | shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation | HSK 7-9 |
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| | component in Chinese characters, occurring in 青, 毒, 素 etc, referred to as 青字頭|青字头 | |
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| | to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy | |
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| | number of written characters; number of words; word count | |
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| | cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten | |
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| | to combine / combination / composite character (i.e. a synonym of 合體字|合体字) / (of clothes) to be a good fit | |
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| | the character 8 or 八 / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling | |
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| | felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen | |
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| | character with two or more readings | |
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| | one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch | |
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| | piece of paper with short note / short letter | |
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| | copybook (for calligraphy) | |
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| | Zihui, Chinese character dictionary with 33,179 entries, released in 17th century | |
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| | (computer) character repertoire / glossary, lexicon | |
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| | between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning / connotations | |
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| | to spell / spelling | |
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| | the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries | |
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| | T-shaped | |
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| | typewriter | |
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| | original form of a Chinese character | |
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| | the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼 ( 禮儀|礼仪), music 樂|乐 ( 音樂|音乐), archery 射 ( 射箭), charioteering 御 ( 駕車|驾车), calligraphy or literacy 書|书 ( 識字|识字), mathematics or reckoning 數|数 ( 計算|计算) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经 | |
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| | keyword | |
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| | variant Chinese character | |
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| | string (computing) | |
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| | word for word; verbatim | |
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| | movable type | |
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| | alphabetical order | |
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| | font / typeface | |
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| | single Chinese character / word (in a foreign language) | |
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| | (idiom) to say not a single word about it | |
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| | to type | |
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| | component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root; etymon | |
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| | character (computing) (Tw) | |
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| | wrongly written or mispronounced character | |
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| | Red Cross | |
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| | betrothed | |
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| | braille | |
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| | to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling) | |
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| | cross / crucifix / yoke one has to endure | |
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| | incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text) | |
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| | Latin alphabet | |
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| | diction; enunciation / (opera) to pronounce the words correctly | |
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| | (computing) wildcard character (Tw) | |
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| | oracle script / oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script) | |
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| | model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) | |
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| | Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD | |
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| | Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer | |
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| | Xu Xuan (-991), author of commentaries on Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字註|说文解字注 | |
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| | first letter of a word or serial number / first character of a Chinese word / first digit of a number / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable | |
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| | cross-stitch | |
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| | Chinese characters | |
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| | ideograph / ideographical writing system | |
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| | Chinese character (Hanzi) / the native script used to write a nation's language | |
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| | thong (underwear) | |
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| | to bid farewell / tricks of the trade / pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare) | |
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| | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC) | |
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| | crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades | |
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| | literate / knowing how to read | |
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| | phonetic value of a character | |
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| | written pledge / contract / IOU | |
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| | brief note | |
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| | philology | |
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| | new character (in textbook) / character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied | |
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| | one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect / each word is highly valued | |
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| | hyphen (punct.) | |
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| | ancient character / archaic form of a Chinese character | |
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| | characters and numbers (as used in a code) / alphanumeric code / serial number | |
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| | character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop | |
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| | paleography | |
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| | to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom) | |
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| | everyday words | |
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| | the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting | |
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| | word index (of a dictionary) | |
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| | reform of the writing system | |
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| | typist | |
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| | pictogram / hieroglyph | |
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| | look-up method for Chinese characters | |
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