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MEANING5 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    letter

    文字、文句中最小的单位wénzì、wénjù zhōng zuì xiǎo de dānyuán

    • How do you write this character?

    • The writing on the blackboard is too small for me to see clearly.

  2. noun

    symbol

    用笔写成的记号,表示声音和意思yòng bǐ xiěchéng de jìhào、biǎoshì shēngyīn hé yìsi

    • The text on the screen is too small for me to read clearly.

  3. noun

    character

    语言中最小的书写单位;由笔画组成的符号yǔyán zhōng zuì xiǎo de shūxiě dānwèi; yóu bǐhuà zǔchéng de fúhào

    • Her handwriting is both beautiful and neat.

  4. noun

    word

    语言中有意义的最小单位;文字的单个字母或符号yǔyán zhōng yǒu yìyì de zuì xiǎo dānwèi;wénzì de dāngè zìmǔ huò fúhào

    • I don't know how to pronounce this character.

  5. noun

    courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

    古代男子二十岁时取的别名gǔdài nánzǐ èrshí suìshí qǔ de biéming

    • Ancient people had surnames, given names, and courtesy names.

    • After he came of age at twenty and underwent the capping ceremony, his elders gave him a courtesy name.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A child born under a roof and learning to speak gives rise to written characters.

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