"字" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. Tags: grade-1-kanji, kanji, no-gloss
    Sense id: en-字-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Grade 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations

Counter

IPA: [d͡ʑi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), -ji [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 字 (MC dziH). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|字}} 字 (MC dziH) Head templates: {{ja-pos|counter|じ}} 字(じ) • (-ji)
  1. letters, characters
    Sense id: en-字-ja-counter-Q6K2KGRT Categories (other): Japanese counters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 45 12 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 76 4 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), ji [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 字 (MC dziH). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|字}} 字 (MC dziH) Head templates: {{ja-noun|じ}} 字(じ) • (ji)
  1. letter, character
    Sense id: en-字-ja-noun-rq6m934v Categories (other): Japanese counters Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 45 12 44
  2. handwriting, penmanship Derived forms (漢字 (kanji, “Chinese characters”)): 漢字返し (kanjigaeshi) (ruby: (かん), (), (がえ)) (english: kanji repeater)
    Sense id: en-字-ja-noun-4UgX-7x3 Categories (other): Japanese counters Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 45 12 44 Disambiguation of '漢字 (kanji, “Chinese characters”)': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 永字 (eiji) (ruby: (えい), ()), 十字 (jūji) (ruby: (じゅう), ()) (english: cross), 字解 (jikai) (ruby: (), (かい)), 字義 (jigi) (ruby: (), ()) (english: the meaning of a word), 字源 (jigen) (ruby: (), (げん)) (english: the construction of a character), 字体 (jitai) (ruby: (), (たい)) (english: font or lettering), 字典 (jiten) (ruby: (), (てん)) (english: character dictionary), 字母 (jibo) (ruby: (), ()) (english: letter (of the alphabet)), 文字 (moji) (ruby: (), ()) (english: letter, character, or ideograph), 字引 (jibiki) (ruby: (), (びき)) (english: dictionary), 数字 (sūji) (ruby: (すう), ()) (english: numeral or number), 字訳 (jiyaku) (ruby: (), (やく)), 二字 (niji) (ruby: (), ()) (english: two character), 大字 (daiji) (ruby: (だい), ()) (english: a large character)

Noun

IPA: [a̠za̠na̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (あざな)), azana [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=あざな}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|あざな}} 字(あざな) • (azana)
  1. courtesy name Categories (topical): Writing
    Sense id: en-字-ja-noun-ukVpxfUu Disambiguation of Writing: 0 10 4 30 43 12 1 1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 12 0 4 77 5 1 1 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 12 1 3 76 3 2 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 12 1 5 73 7 1 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 11 1 4 77 4 2 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 12 1 3 76 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 93 4 3
  2. nickname
    Sense id: en-字-ja-noun-oPs~EVnJ
  3. a section of a village
    Sense id: en-字-ja-noun-qGBw0o5G
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [a̠za̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (あざ)), aza [romanization]
Etymology: Shortened form of azana above. Head templates: {{ja-noun|あざ}} 字(あざ) • (aza)
  1. a section of a village Derived forms: 大字 (ōaza) (ruby: (おお), (あざ)), 小字 (koaza) (ruby: (), (あざ))
    Sense id: en-字-ja-noun-qGBw0o5G1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for 字 meaning in Japanese (8.8kB)

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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Grade 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "id": "en-字-ja-character-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "grade-1-kanji",
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "字"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "eiji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "永",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "永字"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cross",
      "roman": "jūji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "十",
          "じゅう"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "十字"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jikai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "解",
          "かい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "字解"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the meaning of a word",
      "roman": "jigi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "義",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "字義"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the construction of a character",
      "roman": "jigen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "源",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "字源"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "font or lettering",
      "roman": "jitai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "体",
          "たい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "字体"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "character dictionary",
      "roman": "jiten",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "典",
          "てん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "字典"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "letter (of the alphabet)",
      "roman": "jibo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "母",
          "ぼ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "字母"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "letter, character, or ideograph",
      "roman": "moji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "文",
          "も"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "文字"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "dictionary",
      "roman": "jibiki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "引",
          "びき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "字引"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "numeral or number",
      "roman": "sūji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "数",
          "すう"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "数字"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiyaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "訳",
          "やく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "字訳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "two character",
      "roman": "niji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "二",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "二字"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a large character",
      "roman": "daiji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大字"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "字"
      },
      "expansion": "字 (MC dziH)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 字 (MC dziH).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "字",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じ"
      },
      "expansion": "字(じ) • (ji)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 12 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese counters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How do you pronounce this character?",
          "roman": "Kono ji wa nan to yomimasu ka?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "字",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "何",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "この字は何と読みますか?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "letter, character"
      ],
      "id": "en-字-ja-noun-rq6m934v",
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 12 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese counters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "38 62",
          "english": "kanji repeater",
          "roman": "kanjigaeshi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "漢",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "字",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "返",
              "がえ"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "漢字 (kanji, “Chinese characters”)",
          "word": "漢字返し"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かの"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "字",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "上手",
              "うま"
            ],
            [
              "汚",
              "きたな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼女は字が上手い(汚い)。\nKanojo wa ji ga umai (kitanai).\nShe has good (bad) handwriting."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "handwriting, penmanship"
      ],
      "id": "en-字-ja-noun-4UgX-7x3",
      "links": [
        [
          "handwriting",
          "handwriting"
        ],
        [
          "penmanship",
          "penmanship"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "字"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "字"
      },
      "expansion": "字 (MC dziH)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 字 (MC dziH).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "字",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "counter",
        "2": "じ"
      },
      "expansion": "字(じ) • (-ji)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "counter",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 12 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese counters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 4 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Please write it down in 40 characters or fewer.",
          "roman": "Yonjū-ji inai de kaite kudasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "40",
              "よんじゅう"
            ],
            [
              "字",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "以",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "内",
              "ない"
            ],
            [
              "書",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "40字以内で書いてください。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "letters, characters"
      ],
      "id": "en-字-ja-counter-Q6K2KGRT",
      "links": [
        [
          "letters",
          "letters"
        ],
        [
          "characters",
          "characters"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "字"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "あざな"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "字",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "あざな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "azana",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "あざな"
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      "expansion": "字(あざな) • (azana)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 12 0 4 77 5 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 12 1 3 76 3 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 12 1 5 73 7 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 11 1 4 77 4 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 12 1 3 76 3 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 4 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 10 4 30 43 12 1 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Writing",
          "orig": "ja:Writing",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "たく郡(河北省)の人。字は玄徳。https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%8A%89%E5%82%99-149771",
          "roman": "Of Zhuo Commandery. Courtesy name Xuande.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "郡",
              "ぐん"
            ],
            [
              "河北",
              "かほく"
            ],
            [
              "省",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "字",
              "あざな"
            ],
            [
              "玄徳",
              "げんとく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Taku-gun (Kahoku-shō) no hito. Azana wa Gentoku."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "courtesy name"
      ],
      "id": "en-字-ja-noun-ukVpxfUu",
      "links": [
        [
          "courtesy name",
          "courtesy name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nickname"
      ],
      "id": "en-字-ja-noun-oPs~EVnJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "nickname",
          "nickname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a section of a village"
      ],
      "id": "en-字-ja-noun-qGBw0o5G",
      "links": [
        [
          "section",
          "section"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あざな"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠za̠na̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "字"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of azana above.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "字",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "あざ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aza",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あざ"
      },
      "expansion": "字(あざ) • (aza)",
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  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "ōaza",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大",
              "おお"
            ],
            [
              "字",
              "あざ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "大字"
        },
        {
          "roman": "koaza",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "字",
              "あざ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小字"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a section of a village"
      ],
      "id": "en-字-ja-noun-qGBw0o5G1",
      "links": [
        [
          "section",
          "section"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あざ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠za̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "字"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Grade 1 kanji",
    "Japanese Han characters",
    "Japanese autological terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading じ",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading し",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading あざ",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading あざな",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading うむ",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading ます",
    "Japanese kanji with kun readings missing okurigana designation",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 字",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "ja:Writing"
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "grade-1-kanji",
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss"
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    }
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}

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          "じ"
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    {
      "english": "cross",
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      "ruby": [
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          "十",
          "じゅう"
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          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "roman": "jikai",
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        [
          "字",
          "じ"
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        [
          "解",
          "かい"
        ]
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    },
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      "ruby": [
        [
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          "じ"
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          "義",
          "ぎ"
        ]
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      "english": "font or lettering",
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      "english": "character dictionary",
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          "字",
          "じ"
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          "典",
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          "じ"
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          "がえ"
        ]
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    {
      "english": "letter, character, or ideograph",
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          "じ"
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      "english": "dictionary",
      "roman": "jibiki",
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        [
          "字",
          "じ"
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        [
          "引",
          "びき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "字引"
    },
    {
      "english": "numeral or number",
      "roman": "sūji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "数",
          "すう"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "数字"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiyaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "訳",
          "やく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "字訳"
    },
    {
      "english": "two character",
      "roman": "niji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "二",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "二字"
    },
    {
      "english": "a large character",
      "roman": "daiji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大字"
    }
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    },
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      },
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  ],
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      "form": "字",
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        [
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        {
          "english": "How do you pronounce this character?",
          "roman": "Kono ji wa nan to yomimasu ka?",
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              "じ"
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            [
              "何",
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            ],
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              "読",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "ruby": [
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            ],
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              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "字",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "上手",
              "うま"
            ],
            [
              "汚",
              "きたな"
            ]
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "handwriting, penmanship"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "handwriting"
        ],
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        ]
      ]
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      "other": "じ"
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    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "字"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
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    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 字",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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    },
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      "form": "-ji",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "counter",
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    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "english": "Please write it down in 40 characters or fewer.",
          "roman": "Yonjū-ji inai de kaite kudasai.",
          "ruby": [
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            ],
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              "以",
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            ],
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              "内",
              "ない"
            ],
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              "書",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
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        }
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      "glosses": [
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      "other": "じ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "字"
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  "categories": [
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 字",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "ja:Writing"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.",
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      "form": "字",
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        ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "azana",
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "字(あざな) • (azana)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "たく郡(河北省)の人。字は玄徳。https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%8A%89%E5%82%99-149771",
          "roman": "Of Zhuo Commandery. Courtesy name Xuande.",
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            [
              "郡",
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            ],
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              "河北",
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              "省",
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              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
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              "字",
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            ],
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            ]
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      ],
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        "courtesy name"
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        [
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      "glosses": [
        "nickname"
      ],
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        [
          "nickname",
          "nickname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a section of a village"
      ],
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        [
          "section",
          "section"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "あざな"
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    {
      "ipa": "[a̠za̠na̠]"
    }
  ],
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    "Nihon Shoki"
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}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with 字",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
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  ],
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    {
      "roman": "ōaza",
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        [
          "大",
          "おお"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "あざ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大字"
    },
    {
      "roman": "koaza",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "字",
          "あざ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小字"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of azana above.",
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    {
      "form": "字",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "字",
          "あざ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aza",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "字(あざ) • (aza)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a section of a village"
      ],
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        [
          "section",
          "section"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
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      ]
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      "other": "あざ"
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    {
      "ipa": "[a̠za̠]"
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  ],
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}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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