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letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個|个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
HSK 1
name (of a person or thing) / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
Chinese character(s)
HSK 1
numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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:
HSK 2
character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
letter (of the alphabet) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to sign (one's name) / signature
HSK 5
writing desk
HSK 6
office building
HSK 6
to learn to read / able to read; literate
HSK 6
pyramid (building or structure)
HSK 7-9
wording
HSK 7-9
calligraphic style / typeface / font
HSK 7-9
subtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
HSK 7-9
(financial) deficit / red letter
HSK 7-9
handwriting
HSK 7-9
crossroads / intersection
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese character
HSK 7-9
incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
HSK 7-9
walking dictionary / well-informed person
characters and numbers (as used in a code) / alphanumeric code / serial number
character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
digital communications
character set
(idiom) word for word; verbatim; without a single mistake or omission
ancient character / archaic form of a Chinese character
word processing
illiterate
flip-flops (abbr. for 人字拖鞋)
(numeric, data) field
optical character recognition (OCR)
byte count
hyphen
oracle script / oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
exception(s)
character (computing)
the character 8 or / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
digital subscriber line (DSL)
wastepaper basket
nonstandard form of a Chinese character
initial letters
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
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)
to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy
erhua variant of 摳字眼|抠字眼
the splits (in gymnastics, dance or martial arts)
(computing) byte / CL: 個|个
ideograph / ideographical writing system
piece of paper with short note / short letter
copybook (for calligraphy)
Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎 in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries
to type
betrothed
Chinese character component , used in , , etc
incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text)
font weight
lowercase (letters)
meaning of a character
gold lettering / gold characters
new character (in textbook) / character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
word formation
to learn to read / able to read; literate
letter puzzle
single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language)
to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling)
wrongly written or mispronounced character
brief note
single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
words / expressions / writing
to spell / spelling
fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书
character with two or more readings
literal / typeface
big-character poster
component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root; etymon
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning / connotations
pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
rune
to write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc) / an inscription
mispronounced or wrongly written character
to practice writing characters
the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
character code
digital nomad
(idiom) every word is a gem
obscenity
orthography
(idiom) to say not a single word about it
font / typeface
diction; enunciation / (opera) to pronounce the words correctly
character (computing) (Tw)
to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom)
form of a Chinese character / variant of 字型
divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
to craft one's words

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