字 (aza) Kanji Meaning: "Character" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

N413 of 1666 strokes

Drawing: A child sits under a roof, practising characters.

字 means character

letter, word, section of village

A child sits under a roof, practising characters.

On'yomi

  • ジji

Kun'yomi

  • あざaza
  • あざなazana
  • なna

How it's built

  • 宀roof
  • 子child

Common words

  • 字あざsection of village
  • 漢字かんじkanji; Chinese character
  • 字画じかくstrokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character
  • 黒字くろじ(being in) the black; surplus

Through history

  1. Bronze script form of 字Bronze
  2. Seal script form of 字Seal
  3. Today

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